Fig. 3: Orientation control of nanoribbons.

a (scale-bar: 5 μm) CVD MoS2 NRN with ribbons nearly parallel to the flake edges (zigzag direction), using 6P molecules for the self-assembled mask. Inset shows 2D-FFT analysis of the NR directions with respect to the triangular flake edges. 2D Fast Fourier Transform (2D-FFT) image is rotated by 90∘ to represent real-space directions. b (scale-bar: 1 μm) Similar to a only using DHTA7 molecules for the self-assembled mask, and resulting in NRs in armchair direction (perpendicular to flake edges).