{
  "id": "1303.0803",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-03-04T19:30:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-03-04T19:30:40.000Z",
  "title": "A Guide to the Design of Electronic Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons",
  "authors": [
    "Oleg V. Yazyev"
  ],
  "comment": "Invited review article in Accounts of Chemical Research, special issue on graphene (part 2)",
  "journal": "Acc. Chem. Res. 46, 2319 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1021/ar3001487",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci",
    "cond-mat.str-el"
  ],
  "abstract": "Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are one-dimensional nanostructures predicted to display a rich variety of electronic behaviors. Depending on their structure, GNRs realize metallic and semiconducting electronic structures with band gaps that can be tuned across broad ranges. Certain GNRs also exhibit a peculiar gapped magnetic phase for which the half-metallic state can be induced as well as the topologically non-trivial quantum spin Hall electronic phase. Because their electronic properties are highly tunable, GNRs have quickly become a popular subject of research toward the design of graphene-based nanostructures for technological applications. This Account presents a pedagogical overview of the various degrees of freedom in the atomic structure and interactions that researchers can use to tailor the electronic structure of these materials. The Account provides a broad picture of relevant physical concepts that would facilitate the rational design of GNRs with desired electronic properties through synthetic techniques.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-03-04T19:30:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "electronic properties",
      "graphene nanoribbons",
      "non-trivial quantum spin hall electronic",
      "quantum spin hall electronic phase",
      "electronic structure"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "review article",
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013arXiv1303.0803Y"
    }
  }
}