Ultranarrow Germanene Nanoribbons with Pentagonal Rings
calculations reveal that the work function of GeNRs is moderately higher than that of pristine Ag(111), resulting in a directional interfacial charge modulation. Our findings suggest that the GeNR/Ag(111) system offers an atomically defined platform for studying metal contacts, work function engineering, resonant tunneling, and substrate-stabilized one-dimensional electronic states as well as mechanical properties.
Authors
- Shigeki Kawai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2128-0120)
- Adam Stuart Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5371-5905)
- Orlando José Silveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-9485)
- Kewei Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-243X)
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- National Institute for Materials Science (JP)
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (CN)
- Life Science Institute (JP)
- Aalto University (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2026-07-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c02715
- Primary Topic
- Graphene research and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00