Graphene nanoribbons for quantum electronics

Haomin Wang; Hui Shan Wang; Chuanxu Ma; Lingxiu Chen; Chengxin Jiang; Chen Chen; Xiaoming Xie; An Ping Li; Xinran Wang

doi:10.1038/s42254-021-00370-x

Graphene nanoribbons for quantum electronics

Haomin Wang, Hui Shan Wang, Chuanxu Ma, Lingxiu Chen, Chengxin Jiang, Chen Chen, Xiaoming Xie, An Ping Li, Xinran Wang

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Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are a family of one-dimensional (1D) materials with a graphitic lattice structure. GNRs possess high mobility and current-carrying capability, sizeable bandgap and versatile electronic properties, which make them promising candidates for quantum electronic applications. In the past 5 years, progress has been made towards atomically precise bottom-up synthesis of GNRs and heterojunctions that provide an ideal platform for functional molecular devices, as well as successful production of semiconducting GNR arrays on insulating substrates potentially useful for large-scale digital circuits. With further development, GNRs can be envisioned as a competitive candidate material in future quantum information sciences. In this Perspective, we discuss recent progress in GNR research and identify key challenges and new directions likely to develop in the near future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	791-802
Number of pages	12
Journal	Nature Reviews Physics
Volume	3
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00370-x
State	Published - Dec 2021

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The work was partially supported by the National Key R&D Program (Grant No. 2017YFF0206106), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB30000000), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61734003, 61521001, 61927808, 61851401, 91964202, 61861166001, 51861145202, 51772317, 91964102, 12004406, 22002149), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 20DZ2203600), Leading-edge Technology Program of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. BK20202005), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. BX2021331), Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid-State Lighting and Energy-Saving Electronics, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China, and Soft Matter Nanofab (SMN180827) of ShanghaiTech University. C.M. acknowledges support from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). A portion of the work (A.-P.L) was conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and supported by grant ONR N00014-20-1-2302.

Funders	Funder number
Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid-State Lighting and Energy-Saving Electronics
Leading-edge Technology Program of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation	BK20202005
Soft Matter Nanofab	SMN180827
Office of Naval Research	N00014-20-1-2302
Office of Science
National Natural Science Foundation of China	12004406, 61521001, 22002149, 61927808, 61734003, 51861145202, 51772317, 91964202, 61861166001, 91964102, 61851401
Chinese Academy of Sciences	XDB30000000
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation	BX2021331
Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality	20DZ2203600
National Key Research and Development Program of China	2017YFF0206106
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
ShanghaiTech University

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