Zipping Up: Cooperativity Drives the Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons.

We investigate the cooperative effects controlling the synthesis of a graphene nanoribbon on the Au(111) surface starting from an anthracene polymer using density functional calculations including van der Waals interactions. We focus on the high-temperature cyclodehydrogenation step of the reaction...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 133; no. 38; pp. 14884 - 14888
Autores principales: Björk, Jonas, Stafström, Sven, Hanke, Felix
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Chemical Society 9/28/2011
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          Björk, Jonas
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          Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFM, Linköping University, Sweden
          Surface Science Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K.
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        Graphene
        Anthracene
        Polymers
        Density functionals
        Van der Waals forces
        Dehydrogenation
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          Van der Waals forces
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      ab: We investigate the cooperative effects controlling the synthesis of a graphene nanoribbon on the Au(111) surface starting from an anthracene polymer using density functional calculations including van der Waals interactions. We focus on the high-temperature cyclodehydrogenation step of the reaction and find that the reaction proceeds by simultaneously transferring two H-atoms from the anthracene units to the Au surface, leaving behind a C-C bond in the process. This step is significantly more favorable than the three other potential reaction paths. Moreover, we find that successive dehydrogenations proceed from one end of the polyanthracene and propagate step-by-step through the polymer in a domino-like fashion.
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