Nanographenes and graphene nanoribbons as multitalents of present and future materials science

Y Gu, Z Qiu, K Müllen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As cut-outs from a graphene sheet, nanographenes (NGs) and graphene nanoribbons
(GNRs) are ideal cases with which to connect the world of molecules with that of bulk carbon …

Unveiling and manipulating hidden symmetries in graphene nanoribbons

NV Tepliakov, J Lischner, E Kaxiras, AA Mostofi… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Armchair graphene nanoribbons are a highly promising class of semiconductors for all-
carbon nanocircuitry. Here, we present a new perspective on their electronic structure from …

Dirac half-semimetallicity and antiferromagnetism in graphene nanoribbon/hexagonal boron nitride heterojunctions

NV Tepliakov, R Ma, J Lischner, E Kaxiras… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Half-metals have been envisioned as active components in spintronic devices by virtue of
their completely spin-polarized electrical currents. Actual materials hosting half-metallic …

Chiral Optical Properties of Möbius Graphene Nanostrips

ME Razzhivina, ID Rukhlenko… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The advancement of optical technology demands the development of chiral nanostructures
with a strong dissymmetry of optical response. Here, we comprehensively analyze the chiral …

One-dimensional magnetic conduction channels across zigzag graphene nanoribbon/hexagonal boron nitride heterojunctions

M Pizzochero, NV Tepliakov, J Lischner, AA Mostofi… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
We examine the electronic structure of recently fabricated in-plane heterojunctions of zigzag
graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride. We focus on hitherto …

Effects of coulomb blockade on the charge transport through the topological states of finite armchair graphene nanoribbons and heterostructures

DMT Kuo - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigate the charge transport properties of semiconducting armchair
graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) and heterostructures through their topological states (TSs) …

Resonant Raman in armchair graphene nanoribbons from first-principles

N Sheremetyeva, M Lamparski, L Liang, GB Barin… - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Resonant Raman spectra of armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) are computed using
Density Functional Theory (DFT) and third-order perturbation theory. Results are …

Optical properties of twisted bilayer graphene with magnetic defects

NV Natalin, EV Kundelev, ID Rukhlenko… - Electronic …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Even when fabricated under ideal conditions twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) inevitably
contains various defects which may significantly affect its physical properties. Here we …

Plasmonic transverse dipole moment in chiral fermion nanowires

J Cao, HA Fertig, L Brey - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Plasmons are elementary quantum excitations of conducting materials with Fermi surfaces.
In two dimensions they may carry a static dipole moment that is transverse to their …

Potential-tuned magnetic switches and half-metallicity transition in zigzag graphene nanoribbons

W Li, SC Xiao, DF Sun, CD Gong, SL Yu… - New Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Realizing controllable room-temperature ferromagnetism in carbon-based materials is one
of recent prospects. The magnetism in graphene nanostructures reported previously is …