Not exact matches
Scientists funded
by the NSF are working to synthesize, characterize and functionalize boron nitride nanotubes and boron nitride
nanoribbons to create new electronic and optical materials with tunable properties.
This top - down approach to making graphene is quite different from previous works
by Tour's lab, which pioneered the small - scale manufacture of the atom - thick material from common carbon sources, even Girl Scout cookies, and learned to split multiwalled nanotubes into useful graphene
nanoribbons.
They also determined D - loops might be prevented entirely
by starting with graphene
nanoribbons rather than PAN.
That research team, led
by PNNL's Chun - Long Chen, successfully achieved self - assembly of peptoids into networks of hexagonally patterned
nanoribbons on a mineral surfaces.
A simple way to turn carbon nanotubes into valuable graphene
nanoribbons may be to grind them, according to research led
by Rice University.
Unconventional magnetic anisotropy in one - dimensional Rashba system realized
by adsorbing Gd atom on zigzag graphene
nanoribbons
The sensitivity of graphene bio-devices can be improved
by using narrow graphene materials like
nanoribbons.»
Sorkin and Su's calculations give further insights into these systems, indicating that as they point out in their report, «the intermediate structure experiences disintegration followed
by a remarkable re-building process to form graphene
nanoribbons with differently oriented grains.»