• 文献标题:   Dependence of transport on adatom location for armchair-edge graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN XW, SONG KH, ZHOU BH, WANG HY, ZHOU GH
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hunan Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3555445
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We study the transport property for armchair-edge graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) with an adatom coupling to a semi-infinite quantum wire. Using the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach with tight-binding approximation, we demonstrate that the tunneling current through the system is sensitively dependent on both the AGNR width and adatom location. Interestingly, when the adatom locates onto a carbon atom in the 3jth chain from the edge of a metallic AGNR, the system shows a transmission gap accompanied by a threshold voltage like a semiconducting AGNR. This effect may be useful in scanning tunneling microscopy experimental characterization on graphene samples. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3555445]