title: Bulk production of a new form of sp(2) carbon: crystalline graphene nanoribbons.
abstract: We report the use of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the bulk production (grams per day) of long, thin, and highly crystalline graphene ribbons (<20-30 microm in length) exhibiting widths of 20-300 nm and small thicknesses (2-40 layers). These layers usually exhibit perfect ABAB... stacking as in graphite crystals. The structure of the ribbons has been carefully characterized by several techniques and the electronic transport and gas adsorption properties have been measured. With this material available to researchers, it should be possible to develop new applications and physicochemical phenomena associated with layered graphene.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Department, IPICYT, Camino a la Presa San Jose 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. seccion, San Luis Potosi 78216, Mexico.
authors.forename: Jessica
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authors.lastname: Campos-Delgado
authors.forename: José Manuel
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authors.lastname: Romo-Herrera
authors.forename: Xiaoting
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authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: David A
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authors.lastname: Cullen
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authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Yoong Ahm
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authors.lastname: Kim
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authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Zhifeng
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authors.lastname: Ren
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authors.lastname: Smith
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authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Tomonori
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authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Hirofumi
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authors.lastname: Kanoh
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authors.lastname: Kaneko
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authors.forename: Humberto
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authors.lastname: Terrones
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authors.lastname: Dresselhaus
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authors.lastname: Terrones