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Nanoribbons on the edge

Arrays of graphene nanoribbons are fabricated on structured silicon carbide substrates using self-organized growth, without lithography and with well-controlled widths.

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Figure 1: An array of transistors that use graphene nanoribbons grown directly into place on the faceted step edges of a SiC wafer.

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Rogers, J. Nanoribbons on the edge. Nature Nanotech 5, 698–699 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.200

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