Rationally designed topological quantum dots in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons

DJ Rizzo, J Jiang, D Joshi, G Veber, C Bronner… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bottom-up graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have recently been shown to host nontrivial
topological phases. Here, we report the fabrication and characterization of deterministic …

Topological phases in graphene nanoribbons tuned by electric fields

F Zhao, T Cao, SG Louie - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) possess distinct symmetry-protected topological phases. We
show, through first-principles calculations, that by applying an experimentally accessible …

Evolution of the topological energy band in graphene nanoribbons

Q Sun, Y Yan, X Yao, K Müllen, A Narita… - The journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Topological theory has been recently applied in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and predicts
the existence of topological quantum states in junctions connecting GNRs of different …

Massive Dirac fermion behavior in a low bandgap graphene nanoribbon near a topological phase boundary

Q Sun, O Gröning, J Overbeck, O Braun… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have attracted much interest due to their largely modifiable
electronic properties. Manifestation of these properties requires atomically precise GNRs …

Topological Phases in Cove-Edged and Chevron Graphene Nanoribbons: Geometric Structures, 2 Invariants, and Junction States

YL Lee, F Zhao, T Cao, J Ihm, SG Louie - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have recently been shown by Cao, Zhao, and Louie [Cao,
T.; Zhao, F.; Louie, SG Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017, 119, 076401] to possess distinct topological …

Topological band engineering of graphene nanoribbons

DJ Rizzo, G Veber, T Cao, C Bronner, T Chen, F Zhao… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Topological insulators are an emerging class of materials that host highly robust in-gap
surface or interface states while maintaining an insulating bulk,. Most advances in this field …

Topologically localized vibronic excitations in second-layer graphene nanoribbons

Z Wang, R Yin, Z Tang, H Du, Y Liang, X Wang… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
It is of fundamental importance to characterize the intrinsic properties, like the topological
end states, in the on-surface synthesized graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), but the strong …

Topological phases in graphene nanoribbons: junction states, spin centers, and quantum spin chains

T Cao, F Zhao, SG Louie - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We show that semiconducting graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) of different width, edge, and
end termination (synthesizable from molecular precursors with atomic precision) belong to …

Correlated topological states in graphene nanoribbon heterostructures

JP Joost, AP Jauho, M Bonitz - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Finite graphene nanoribbon (GNR) heterostructures host intriguing topological in-gap states
(Rizzo, DJ; et al. Nature 2018, 560, 204). These states may be localized either at the bulk …

Competing gap opening mechanisms of monolayer graphene and graphene nanoribbons on strong topological insulators

Z Lin, W Qin, J Zeng, W Chen, P Cui, JH Cho, Z Qiao… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Graphene is a promising material for designing next-generation electronic and valleytronic
devices, which often demand the opening of a bandgap in the otherwise gapless pristine …