Researchers of the group led by Professor Aurelio Mateo Alonso, researcher Ikerbasque at POLYMAT and at the University of the Basque Country published an article in the journal in collaboration with researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany) and the University of Aveiro (Portugal). chem which an n returns New method to fabricate high-precision graphene nanoribbons.
As Ikerbasque explained, the discovery of graphene has opened “a multitude of possibilities” in the development of new materials. Hence, they have detailed this when graphene is cut into nanometer-sized ribbons (graphene nanoribbons)” can be obtained Materials with electrical and magnetic properties which vary depending on the way the edges of the tapes are trimmed, as well as the width and length of the tapes.
For this reason, as they emphasized, “it is of crucial importance to develop methods that make it possible to fabricate graphene nanoribbons with atomic precision in order to develop their potential applications.” These new materials are expected to enable the miniaturization of electronic and spintronic devices, “key to the development of new technologies in electronics and quantum computing”.
A research team from POLYMAT, UPV/EHU, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany) and the University of Aveiro (Portugal) has developed one new method for the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons that “breaks all records for both precision and length”.
This new method “combines complementary 2-nanometer nanoribbons like Lego pieces to create 36-nanometer nanoribbons with complete atomic precision.”
In addition to the fact that electrical conductivity increases with the length of the ribbons, “which could enable the development of new, more efficient electronic devices,” “extraordinary light absorption and emission properties that surpass those of quantum dots have been observed.” Expand application potential to other areas such as energy, LED and medical imaging.”
