Structure- and Adatom-Enriched Essential Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons

Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran obtained her PhD in physics in January 2017 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. She works as a postdoctoral researcher at Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, NCKU. Her scientific interest focuses on the functionalization of graphene and its derivatives using first-principle calculations. Shih-Yang Lin received his PhD in physics in 2015 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Since 2015, he has been a postdoctoral researcher in NCKU. His research interests include low-dimensional group IV materials and first-principle calculations. Ming-Fa Lin is a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He received his PhD in physics in 1993 from the National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan. His main scientific interests focus on essential properties of carbon-related materials and low-dimensional systems. He is a member of American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, and Physical Society of Republic of China (Taiwan).

1. Introduction. 2. The First-Principles Method and Experimental Instruments. 3. Monolayer Graphene Nanoribbons. 4. Curved and Zipped Graphene Nanoribbons. 5. Folded Graphene Nanoribbons. 6. Carbon Nanoscrolls. 7. Bilayer Graphene Nanoribbons. 8. Edge-Decorated Graphene Nanoribbons. 9. Alkali-Adsorbed Graphene Nanoribbons. 10. Halogen-Adsorbed GNRs. 11. Metal- Adsorbed Graphene Nanoribbons. 12. Concluding Remarks: Covering Comparisons, Measurements, and Applications.