title: Functionalizing graphene by embedded boron clusters.
abstract: We present a model system that might serve as a blueprint for the controlled layout of graphene based nanodevices. The systems consists of chains of B(7) clusters implanted in a graphene matrix, where the boron clusters are not directly connected. We show that the graphene matrix easily accepts these alternating B(7)-C(6) chains and that the implanted boron components may dramatically modify the electronic properties of graphene based nanomaterials. This suggests a functionalization of graphene nanomaterials, where the semiconducting properties might be supplemented by parts of the graphene matrix itself, but the basic wiring will be provided by alternating chains of implanted boron clusters that connect these areas.
authors: CNR-IFN Trento, CSMFO group, Via Alla Cascata 56/c, 38050 Povo-Trento, Italy.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Quandt
authors: Cem
authors: C
authors: Ozdoğan
authors: Jens
authors: J
authors: Kunstmann
authors: Holger
authors: H
authors: Fehske