Graphene nanoribbon devices advances in fabrication and applications

Nanostructured materials have gained significant attention thanks to their attractive physicochemical properties and the advent of novel fabrication approaches that allow optimization of the material's electronic properties. For instance, graphene nanorribons (GNRs), consisting of graphene sheets constrained in one of its dimensions, have been explored as candidates for the next-generation integrated circuits and sensors, among many other applications. Unfortunately, their widespread use has been hampered by the difficulties in producing defect-free, atomically narrow, reproducible, and transferrable GNRs. In this chapter, we discuss recent manufacturing processes aimed at overcoming these issues and enabling high-density GNR-based electronic devices as well as present the latest applications along with performance characteristics.