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Title
2N+4-rule and an atlas of bulk optical resonances of zigzag graphene nanoribbons
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Abstract
Development of on-chip integrated carbon-based optoelectronic nanocircuits requires fast and non-invasive structural characterization of their building blocks. Recent advances in synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons allow for their use as atomically precise building blocks. However, while cataloged experimental data are available for the structural characterization of carbon nanotubes, such an atlas is absent for graphene nanoribbons. Here we theoretically investigate the optical absorption resonances of armchair carbon nanotubes and zigzag graphene nanoribbons continuously spanning the tube (ribbon) transverse sizes from 0.5(0.4) nm to 8.1(12.8) nm. We show that the linear mapping is guaranteed between the tube and ribbon bulk resonance when the number of atoms in the tube unit cell is 2N + 4, where N is the number of atoms in the ribbon unit cell. Thus, an atlas of carbon nanotubes optical transitions can be mapped to an atlas of zigzag graphene nanoribbons.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature communications
Publication
2020
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
10.1038/S41467-019-13728-8
Volume/pages
11 :1 (2020) , p. 1-9
Article Reference
82
ISI
000551407500003
Pubmed ID
31900390
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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