Graphene Nanostructures on SiC and Related Materials
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 204
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Graphene nanoribbons, dots, and antennas have attracted great interest for their tuneable electronic and optical properties. Great attention has been paid to so-called sidewall graphene nano-ribbons (SWGNR) grown on etched trenches of silicon carbide (SiC). The SWGNR exhibit ballistic transport as, for example, carbon nanotubes (CNT). However, apart from CNT, the SWGNRs can be assembled into integrated circuits and well-defined geometries for detector applications. Graphene quantum dots have been used as a hot electron bolometer and graphene antennas are promising candidates for efficient far-infrared detectors. A wide variety of possible graphene nanostructures is facing several common issues in growth, fabrication, characterisation and competitivity with state-of-the art electronics.
We invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue, titled “Graphene Nanostructures on SiC and Related Materials”. It is intended to serve as a unique forum covering all aspects of science, technology, and the application of graphene nanoribbons. The potential topics include, but are not limited to:
-Synthesis and a growth of graphene nanoribbons;
-Growth of side-wall graphene nanoribbons on SiC;
-Wet and dry etching of SiC;
-Fabrication of ultra-narrow graphene nanoribbons;
-Characterisation of graphene nanoribbons by spectroscopic, microscopic, and other advanced techniques;
-Exploitation of the graphene nanostructures in emerging applications.
Dr. Jan Kunc
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Graphene
- Nanoribbon
- SiC
- Graphene plasmonics
- Graphene bolometer
- Sidewall nanoribbon
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