• 文献标题:   Controlling the macroscopic electrical properties of reduced graphene oxide by nanoscale writing of electronic channels
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KAYAL A, HARIKRISHNAN G, BANDOPADHYAY K, KUMAR A, SILVA SRP, MITRA J
  • 作者关键词:   reduced go, nanoscale lithography, nonlinear electrical transport
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6528/abda72
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The allure of all-carbon electronics stems from the spread of its physical properties across all its allotropes. The scheme also harbours unique challenges, such as tunability of band gap, variability of doping and defect control. Here, we explore the technique of scanning probe tipinduced nanoscale reduction of graphene oxide (GO), which nucleates conducting, sp(2) rich graphitic regions on the insulating GO background. The flexibility of direct writing is supplemented with control over the degree of reduction and tunability of band gap through macroscopic control parameters. The fabricated reduced GO channels and ensuing devices are investigated via spectroscopy and temperature and bias-dependent electrical transport and correlated with spatially resolved electronic properties, using surface potentiometry. The presence of carrier localization effects, induced by the phase-separated sp(2)/sp(3) domains, and large local electric field fluctuations are reflected in the non-linear transport across the channels. Together, the results indicate a complex transport phenomenon, which may be variously dominated by tunnelling or variable range hopping or activated depending on the electronic state of the material.