• 文献标题:   Conductance through graphene bends and polygons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   IYENGAR A, LUO T, FERTIG HA, BREY L
  • 作者关键词:   carbon, fermi level, nanostructured material, tightbinding calculation
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indiana Univ
  • 被引频次:   21
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.78.235411
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the transmission of electrons between conducting nanoribbon leads oriented at multiples of 60 degrees with respect to one another, connected either directly or through graphene polygons. A mode-matching analysis suggests that the transmission at low energies is sensitive to the precise way in which the ribbons are joined. Most strikingly, we find that armchair leads forming 120 degrees angles can support either a large transmission or a highly suppressed transmission, depending on the specific geometry. Tight-binding calculations demonstrate the effects in detail and are also used to study transmission at higher energies as well as for zigzag ribbon leads.