Host: The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
Terminal modification can effectively functionalize graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). For conventional methods, stable molecules such as phthalocyanines were used as terminal molecules to be fused with synthesized GNRs. However, a different synthetic method using different molecules is required to explorer new functions of GNRs. In this study, we synthesized GNRs with new terminal structures by co-adsorbing two kinds of precursors during on-surface synthesis. As a terminal, we used a molecule that has a naphthyl group. We revealed that the naphthyl-derivated terminal of the modified GNRs works as a molecular switch.
