Issue 17, 2022
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Nanoscale Advances

Length-dependent symmetry in narrow chevron-like graphene nanoribbons†

R. S. Koen Houtsma, ORCID logo a   Mihaela Enache,a   Remco W. A. Havenith ORCID logo abc  and  Meike Stöhr ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: m.a.stohr@rug.nl

b Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands

c Ghent Quantum Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S3), B-9000 Gent, Belgium

Abstract

We report the structural and electronic properties of narrow chevron-like graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), which depending on their length are either mirror or inversion symmetric. Additionally, GNRs of different length can form molecular heterojunctions based on an unusual binding motif.

Graphical abstract: Length-dependent symmetry in narrow chevron-like graphene nanoribbons

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NA00297C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 may. 2022
Accepted
02 jun. 2022
First published
03 jun. 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2022,4, 3531-3536

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Length-dependent symmetry in narrow chevron-like graphene nanoribbons

R. S. K. Houtsma, M. Enache, R. W. A. Havenith and M. Stöhr, Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 3531 DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00297C

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