%0 Journal Article %1 WOS:000295005200018 %A Girao, Eduardo Costa %A Liang, Liangbo %A Cruz-Silva, Eduardo %A Filho, Antonio Gomes Souza %A Meunier, Vincent %C ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA %D 2011 %I AMER PHYSICAL SOC %J PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS %K imported %N 13 %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135501 %T Emergence of Atypical Properties in Assembled Graphene Nanoribbons %V 107 %X Graphitic nanowiggles (GNWs) are periodic repetitions of nonaligned finite-sized graphitic nanoribbon domains seamlessly stitched together without structural defects. These complex nanostructures have been recently fabricated Cai et al., Nature (London) 466, 470 (2010) and are here predicted to possess unusual properties, such as tunable band gaps and versatile magnetic behaviors. We used first-principles theory to highlight the microscopic origins of the emerging electronic and magnetic properties of the main subclasses of GNWs. Our study establishes a road map for guiding the design and synthesis of specific GNWs for nanoelectronic, optoelectronic, and spintronic applications.

@article{WOS:000295005200018, abstract = {Graphitic nanowiggles (GNWs) are periodic repetitions of nonaligned finite-sized graphitic nanoribbon domains seamlessly stitched together without structural defects. These complex nanostructures have been recently fabricated [Cai et al., Nature (London) 466, 470 (2010)] and are here predicted to possess unusual properties, such as tunable band gaps and versatile magnetic behaviors. We used first-principles theory to highlight the microscopic origins of the emerging electronic and magnetic properties of the main subclasses of GNWs. Our study establishes a road map for guiding the design and synthesis of specific GNWs for nanoelectronic, optoelectronic, and spintronic applications.}, added-at = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, address = {ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA}, author = {Girao, Eduardo Costa and Liang, Liangbo and Cruz-Silva, Eduardo and Filho, Antonio Gomes Souza and Meunier, Vincent}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2666b4819a45afadb44f53fc72432af3b/ppgfis_ufc_br}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135501}, interhash = {b6d4350216d583e543584cb0092c5f15}, intrahash = {666b4819a45afadb44f53fc72432af3b}, issn = {0031-9007}, journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS}, keywords = {imported}, number = 13, publisher = {AMER PHYSICAL SOC}, pubstate = {published}, timestamp = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, title = {Emergence of Atypical Properties in Assembled Graphene Nanoribbons}, tppubtype = {article}, volume = 107, year = 2011 }