Graphene Nanoribbons: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 36
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Interests: modeling and simulation of nanoscale materials and devices; metamaterial absorbers graphene enabled absorbers; graphene-based photonic devices; quantum capacitance devices; photonic crystals
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Dear Colleagues,
The exploration of new materials, such as low-dimensional electronic materials, could offer promising solutions and open up new applications. Among these materials, graphene, the first two-dimensional material ever discovered, has attracted the greatest attention because of its extraordinary mechanical and electronic properties. Despite the potential benefits of utilizing graphene in device applications, its lack of a sizable bandgap, difficulty of fabrication, and high cost have limited its applications. However, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have been shown to have bandgaps that are tuned by the ribbon width and can therefore be used in high-speed electronic devices or spin control devices.
The effects of electronic bonding and the state of the electronic edges are important for graphene properties that depend crucially on the ribbon width and the nature of the edge of the ribbon. One of the main challenges towards GNR’s synthesis is the preservation of their properties upon device integration. Several top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used for the synthesis of atomically accurate GNRs by means of lithographic, catalytic cutting, chemical, and epitaxial growth methods. Moreover, GNR transparent conductive thin films can be obtained by liquid deposition methods.
GNRs have a variety of applications in next-generation nanoelectronics like transistors, logic circuits, and spintronic devices due to their tunable electronic properties. They are also used in energy applications such as transparent conductive films, supercapacitors, and thermoelectric generators. Additionally, GNRs show promise in sensing applications such as chemical and gas sensing, biosensing and bioimaging.
We are pleased to invite you to submit articles that investigate the synthesis, properties and device applications of GNRs and their derivatives. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- GNR manufacturing techniques;
- Electronic and thermal transport simulations;
- First-principle, semi-empirical and analytical modeling;
- Machine-learning design of GNRs;
- GNR photonics and optoelectronics;
- GNR field-effect transistors;
- GNR-based interconnects and electrodes;
- Thermoelectric characterization of GNRs;
- GNR thermoelectric generators;
- Quantum Capacitance of GNRs;
- Supercapacitors based on GNR;
- GNR spintronic devices;
- Tunable absorbers based on GNRs;
- GNRs for biosensing and bioimaging;
- Strain engineering of GNRs.
Original work highlighting the latest research and technical development is encouraged, but review papers and comparative studies are also welcome. I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. George Kliros
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- graphene nanoribbon
- synthesis
- properties
- device applications
- analytic modeling and simulation
- circuit level simulators
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