• 文献标题:   Confinement of massless Dirac fermions in the graphene matrix induced by the B/N heteroatoms
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YU SS, ZHENG WT, AO ZM, LI S
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1463-9076 EI 1463-9084
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jilin Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4cp05193a
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In this work, the systems are constructed with the defect lines of B-B or N-N dimers embedded in a graphene matrix using density functional theory. It is found that the Dirac-cone dispersions appear at the Fermi level in the bands introduced by the B or N heteroatom, linear B-B or N-N dimers, demonstrating that the carrier mobility is similar to 10(6) m s(-1) which is comparable with that of the pristine graphene. Most importantly, such dimer lines act as the quasi-1-D conducting nanowires whose charge carriers are confined around the linear defects in these dimers while the charge carriers in pristine graphene are dispersed two-dimensionally. Such systems suggest that heteroatoms in graphene can indeed contribute to the Dirac cone. In addition, the type of carriers (p-type or n-type) can be manipulated using the B or N heteroatoms, respectively. This will greatly enrich the electronic properties of Dirac semimetals.