Surface construction and characterization of carbon nanomaterials

Abstract

On-surface synthesis has been proposed for constructing carbon nanomaterials in a controllable manner. In this feature article, we introduced our recent works on the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, including conductive carbon nanowires and graphene-like nanoribbons. The precise atomic structures and electronic properties, as well as the growth mechanism were characterized by combined scanning tunneling microscopy, noncontact atomic force microscopy and density functional theory calculations. At last, the latest progress on surface reaction and synthesis was presented.