Controlled Formation of Sharp Zigzag and Armchair Edges in Graphitic Nanoribbons

By X. Jia, Mario Hofmann, Vincent Meunier, Bobby G. Sumpter, J. Campos-Delgado, J. Romo-Herrera, H. Son, Y. Hsieh, A. Reina, Jing Kong and 2 more. Science, 2009

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Control and characterization of individual grains and grain boundaries in graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition. (2010, background): “The relative stability of two types of edges along major crystallographic directions in graphene (zigzag versus armchair) has been a question under active investigation, both experimentall”
Electronic properties of mesoscopic graphene structures: Charge confinement and control of spin and charge transport (2011, background): “, [74, 75]).”
Evaluating the characteristics of multiwall carbon nanotubes (2011, background): “[117] Jia X, Hofmann M, Meunier V, Sumpter BG, Campos-Delgado J, Romo-Herrera JM, et al.”
Emergence of magnetism in graphene materials and nanostructures (2010, methodology): “Well-ordered edges along a single crystallographic direction of graphene have been produced by means of chemical vapor deposition (Campos-Delgado et al., 2008), annealing by Joule heating (Jia et al., 2009), and anisotropic etching of graphene using metallic nanoparticles (Campos et al., 2009).”
Production, properties and potential of graphene (2010, background): “[230, 231] Moreover, upon electron beam irradiation or current annealing, these edges are reconstructed with zig-zag edges showing a better stability.”