Atomically sharp lateral superlattice heterojunctions built-in nitrogen-doped nanoporous graphene

Nanometer scale lateral heterostructures with atomically sharp band discontinuities can be conceived as the 2D analogues of vertical Van der Waals heterostructures, where pristine properties of each component coexist with interfacial phenomena that result in a variety of exotic quantum phenomena. Ho...

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Autores: Tenorio, María José|||0000-0002-0855-7968, Moreno, Cesar|||0000-0003-2682-211X, Febrer Calabozo, Pol|||0000-0003-0904-2234, Castro-Esteban, Jesús|||0000-0003-0100-943X, Ordejon, Pablo|||0000-0002-2353-2793, Peña, Diego|||0000-0003-3814-589X, Pruneda, Miguel|||0000-0002-3621-6095, Mugarza, Aitor|||0000-0002-2698-885X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:266360
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/266360
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/adma.202110099
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:2D materials
Graphene
Lateral heterostructures
Nanoarchitectonics
On-surface synthesis
Scanning tunneling microscopy
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Sumario:Nanometer scale lateral heterostructures with atomically sharp band discontinuities can be conceived as the 2D analogues of vertical Van der Waals heterostructures, where pristine properties of each component coexist with interfacial phenomena that result in a variety of exotic quantum phenomena. However, despite considerable advances in the fabrication of lateral heterostructures, controlling their covalent interfaces and band discontinuities with atomic precision, scaling down components and producing periodic, lattice-coherent superlattices still represent major challenges. Here, a synthetic strategy to fabricate nanometer scale, coherent lateral superlattice heterojunctions with atomically sharp band discontinuity is reported. By merging interdigitated arrays of different types of graphene nanoribbons by means of a novel on-surface reaction, superlattices of 1D, and chemically heterogeneous nanoporous junctions are obtained. The latter host subnanometer quantum dipoles and tunneling in-gap states, altogether expected to promote interfacial phenomena such as interribbon excitons or selective photocatalysis.