• 文献标题:   Resonant tunneling and intrinsic bistability in twisted graphene structures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RODRIGUEZNIEVA JF, DRESSELHAUS MS, LEVITOV LS
  • 作者关键词:  
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   MIT
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.94.085412
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We predict that vertical transport in heterostructures formed by twisted graphene layers can exhibit a unique bistability mechanism. Intrinsically bistable I-V characteristics arise from resonant tunneling and interlayer charge coupling, enabling multiple stable states in the sequential tunneling regime. We consider a simple trilayer architecture, with the outer layers acting as the source and drain and the middle layer floating. Under bias, the middle layer can be either resonant or nonresonant with the source and drain layers. The bistability is controlled by geometric device parameters easily tunable in experiments. The nanoscale architecture can enable uniquely fast switching times.