Bulk Production of a New Form of sp<sup>2</sup> Carbon: Crystalline Graphene Nanoribbons

Abstract

We report the use of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the bulk production (grams per day) of long, thin, and highly crystalline graphene ribbons (<20-30 microm in length) exhibiting widths of 20-300 nm and small thicknesses (2-40 layers). These layers usually exhibit perfect ABAB... stacking as in graphite crystals. The structure of the ribbons has been carefully characterized by several techniques and the electronic transport and gas adsorption properties have been measured. With this material available to researchers, it should be possible to develop new applications and physicochemical phenomena associated with layered graphene.

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GrapheneGraphene nanoribbonsGraphiteChemical vapor depositionStackingMaterials scienceCarbon fibersDeposition (geology)AdsorptionNanotechnologyThin filmChemical engineeringChemical physicsChemistryComposite materialPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistry

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 9
Pages: 2773-2778
Citations: 611
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                                    Jessica Campos‐Delgado, 
                                
                                    J. M. Romo-Herrera, 
                                
                                    Xiaoting Jia
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Bulk Production of a New Form of sp<sup>2</sup> Carbon: Crystalline Graphene Nanoribbons. 
                            Nano Letters
                            , 8
                            (9)
                            , 2773-2778.
                            https://doi.org/10.1021/nl801316d
                        

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DOI: 10.1021/nl801316d