Electronic Transport in Graphitic Carbon Nanoribbons

This chapter reviews recent progress in describing electron transport in graphitic nanoribbons (GNRs) from a theoretical and computational perspective and how works reported in the literature provide unique physicochemical insight applicable to the development of novel GNR-based materials and devices. The chapter first analyses the general quantum mechanical framework needed to evaluate electronic transport in nanostructured materials. The chapter then goes on describing the general properties of GNRs, including their transport and thermoelectric properties. Those properties are reviewed and discussed within the context of experimental feasibility.