title: Transforming carbon nanotube devices into nanoribbon devices.
abstract: Reported here is an extension of the nanotube longitudinal unzipping process to convert electrode-bound multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) devices into graphene nanoribbon devices. Microscopy and Raman spectroscopy were used to monitor the conversion process. The electrical properties of the devices were characterized. The efficacy of the unzipping protocol on device-bound MWCNTs is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, MS-222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Zengxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhengzong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Dmitry V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kosynkin
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour