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.»
In future studies, extending this method to other kinds of substrates could enable the quick large scale processing of monolayers of graphene to make high - quality
nanoribbons with zigzag edges.
«Many studies have predicted the properties of graphene
nanoribbons with zigzag edges,» said Guangyu Zhang, senior author on the study.
The researchers showed the same catalytic principles held true, but to lesser effect, for
nanoribbons with armchair edges.
Not exact matches
Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and Northwestern University teamed up
with cardiologists at the University of Arizona to develop what they call piezoelectric
nanoribbons, which attach to the outside of the heart muscle, much like a Band - Aid.
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.
They also determined D - loops might be prevented entirely by starting
with graphene
nanoribbons rather than PAN.
This is probably because the edges of the graphene
nanoribbons are saturated
with hydrogen, which was not accounted for in the simulations.
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