• 文献标题:   Effects due to backscattering and pseudogap features in graphene nanoribbons with single vacancies
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DERETZIS I, FIORI G, IANNACCONE G, LA MAGNA A
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Catania
  • 被引频次:   42
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085427
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

We present a systematic study of electron backscattering phenomena during conduction for graphene nanoribbons with single-vacancy scatterers and dimensions within the capabilities of modern lithographic techniques. Our analysis builds upon an ab initio parameterized semiempirical model that breaks electron-hole symmetry and nonequilibrium Green's-function methods for the calculation of the conductance distribution g. The underlying mechanism is based on wave-function localizations and perturbations that in the case of the first pi-pi* plateau can give rise to impuritylike pseudogaps with both donor and acceptor characteristics. Confinement and geometry are crucial for the manifestation of such effects. Self-consistent quantum transport calculations characterize vacancies as local charging centers that can induce electrostatic inhomogeneities on the ribbon topology.