Abstract
© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry. We report the on-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbon superlattice arrays directed by the herringbone reconstruction of the Au(111) surface. The uniaxial anisotropy of the zigzag pattern of the reconstruction defines a one dimensional grid for directing the Ullmann polymerization and inducing periodic arrays of parallel ultra-long nanoribbons (>100 nm), where the periodicity is varied with coverage at discrete values following a hierarchical templating behavior.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9402-9405 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 68 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |