• 文献标题:   Tunable band structure effects on ballistic transport in graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ROSLYAK O, GUMBS G, HUANG DH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, nanoribbon, ballistic transport
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICS LETTERS A
  • ISSN:   0375-9601
  • 通讯作者地址:   CUNY Hunter Coll
  • 被引频次:   22
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physleta.2010.08.003
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons (GNR) in mutually perpendicular electric and magnetic fields are shown to exhibit dramatic changes in their band structure and electron transport properties. A strong electric field across the ribbon induces multiple chiral Dirac points, closing the semiconducting gap in armchair GNRs. A perpendicular magnetic field induces partially formed Landau levels as well as dispersive surface-bound states. Each of the applied fields on its own preserves the even symmetry E-k = E-k of the subband dispersion. When applied together, they reverse the dispersion parity to be odd and gives E-e,E-k = -E-h,E--k and mix the electron and hole subbands within the energy range corresponding to the change in potential across the ribbon. This leads to oscillations of the ballistic conductance within this energy range. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V.