PMID- 20975686
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110701
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 2041-1723 (Electronic)
IS  - 2041-1723 (Linking)
VI  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jun 29
TI  - Gate-controlled electron transport in coronenes as a bottom-up approach towards 
      graphene transistors.
PG  - 31
LID - 10.1038/ncomms1029 [doi]
AB  - Graphene is considered to be a large aromatic molecule, the limiting case of the 
      family of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. This fascinating two-dimensional 
      material has many potential applications, including field effect transistors 
      (FETs). However, the graphene sheets in these devices have irregular shapes and 
      variable sizes, and contain various impurities and defects, which are undesirable 
      for applications. Moreover, the bandgap of graphene is zero and, consequently, 
      the on/off ratios of graphene FETs are small, making it difficult to build logic 
      circuits. To overcome these difficulties, we report here a bottom-up attempt to 
      fabricate nanoscale graphene FETs. We synthesize structurally well-defined 
      coronene molecules (consisting of 13 benzene rings) terminated with linker 
      groups, bridge each molecule to source and drain electrodes through the linkers, 
      measure conductance and demonstrate the FET behaviour of the molecule.
FAU - Diez-Perez, Ismael
AU  - Diez-Perez I
AD  - Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State 
      University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
FAU - Li, Zhihai
AU  - Li Z
FAU - Hihath, Joshua
AU  - Hihath J
FAU - Li, Jinghong
AU  - Li J
FAU - Zhang, Chengyi
AU  - Zhang C
FAU - Yang, Xiaomei
AU  - Yang X
FAU - Zang, Ling
AU  - Zang L
FAU - Dai, Yijun
AU  - Dai Y
FAU - Feng, Xinliang
AU  - Feng X
FAU - Muellen, Klaus
AU  - Muellen K
FAU - Tao, Nongjian
AU  - Tao N
LA  - eng
SI  - PubChem-Substance/93618034
SI  - PubChem-Substance/93618035
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100629
PL  - England
TA  - Nat Commun
JT  - Nature communications
JID - 101528555
SB  - IM
MH  - *Electron Transport
MH  - Molecular Structure
MH  - Nanotechnology/methods
MH  - *Transistors, Electronic
EDAT- 2010/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2011/07/02 06:00
CRDT- 2010/10/27 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/05/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/10/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - ncomms1029 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/ncomms1029 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nat Commun. 2010 Jun 29;1:31. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1029.