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Band Gap of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons as a Function of Ribbon Length and Termination.

Leopold TalirzHajo SödeShigeki KawaiPascal RuffieuxErnst MeyerXinliang FengKlaus MüllenRoman FaselCarlo A PignedoliDaniele Passerone
Published in: Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry (2019)
We study the band gap of finite N A = 7 armchair graphene nanoribbons (7-AGNRs) on Au(111) through scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy combined with density functional theory calculations. The band gap of 7-AGNRs with lengths of 8 nm and more is converged to within 50 meV of its bulk value of ≈ 2 . 3 eV , while the band gap opens by several hundred meV in very short 7-AGNRs. We demonstrate that even an atomic defect, such as the addition of one hydrogen atom at the termini, has a significant effect - in this case, lowering the band gap. The effect can be captured in terms of a simple analytical model by introducing an effective "electronic length".
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