title: Transition-metal-catalyzed unzipping of single-walled carbon nanotubes into narrow graphene nanoribbons at low temperature.
abstract: Open, sesame! Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with smooth edges and controllable widths are crucial for graphene electronic and spintronic applications. High-quality narrow GNRs can be synthesized from single-walled carbon nanotubes at 200-300 °C using a Cu-atom catalyst, which dramatically reduces the energy barrier of unzipping from 3.11 to 1.16 eV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. jlwang@seu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jinlan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qinghong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Liyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ding