• 文献标题:   Coulomb gap in graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DROSCHER S, KNOWLES H, MEIR Y, ENSSLIN K, IHN T
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   ETH
  • 被引频次:   32
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.84.073405
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the density- and temperature- dependent conductance of graphene nanoribbons with varying aspect ratio. Transport is dominated by a chain of quantum dots forming spontaneously due to disorder. Depending on ribbon length, electron density, and temperature, single or multiple quantum dots dominate the conductance. Between conductance resonances, cotunneling transport at the lowest temperatures turns into activated transport at higher temperatures. The density-dependent activation energy resembles the Coulomb gap in a quantitative manner. Individual resonances show signatures of multilevel transport in some regimes, and stochastic Coulomb blockade in others.