Boron doped graphene nanostructures

Abstract

We present results from an ab initio study of metallized semiconducting graphene nanostructures. Our model system consists of an alternating chain of quasi-planar B-7 clusters embedded into a semiconducting arm-chair nanoribbon. We observe the appearance of overlapping bands around the Fermi-level, with crystal momenta pointing into the direction of these boron chains. This observation could be a vantage point for the development of graphene nanodevices and integrated nanocircuits, based on existing technologies. (C) 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim