Embedded Ribbons of Graphene Allotropes: An Extended Defect Perspective
arXiv:1007.1367 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/125006
Abstract
Four fundamental dimer manipulations can be used to produce a variety of localized and extended defect structures in graphene. Two-dimensional templates result in graphene allotropes, here viewed as extended defects, which can exhibit either metallic or semiconducting electrical character. \emph{Embedded allotropic ribbons}--i.e. thin swaths of the new allotropes--can also be created within graphene. We examine these ribbons and find that they maintain the electrical character of their parent allotrope even when only a few atoms in width. Such extended defects may facilitate the construction of monolithic electronic circuitry.
24 pages, 21 figures
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