• 文献标题:   Charge-density depinning at metal contacts of graphene field-effect transistors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NOUCHI R, TANIGAKI K
  • 作者关键词:   electrode, ferromagnetic material, field effect transistor, graphene, oxidation
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tohoku Univ
  • 被引频次:   61
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3456383
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

An anomalous distortion is often observed in the transfer characteristics of graphene field-effect transistors. We fabricate graphene transistors with ferromagnetic metal electrodes, which reproducibly display distorted transfer characteristics, and show that the distortion is caused by metal-graphene contacts with no charge-density pinning effect. The pinning effect, where the gate voltage cannot tune the charge density of graphene at the metal electrodes, has been experimentally observed; however, a pinning-free interface is achieved with easily-oxidizable metals. The distortion should be a serious problem for flexible electronic devices with graphene. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3456383]