• 文献标题:   Mechanical and electronic properties of graphene nanomesh heterojunctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG J, ZHANG WX, RAGAB T, BASARAN C
  • 作者关键词:   heterojunction, graphene nano ribbon, graphene nanomesh, gnr mechanic, band structure, midgap state, gnm
  • 出版物名称:   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0927-0256 EI 1879-0801
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Buffalo SUNY
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.06.026
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

It is well known that introducing periodic holes into graphene can be used to obtain semiconducting graphene nanomeshes (GNM). Using Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations as well as semi-empirical Extended Mickel (EH) method, the mechanical and electronic properties of GNM heterojunction are studied. In this study the mechanical and electronic properties of graphene nanoribbons with different hole sizes and different hole shapes (circular, square and equilateral triangle) were studied. Midgap states were observed near the Fermi level, which are also affected by the geometries of the holes. Dependence of the properties on the density (rho) was also investigated for each geometry. It has been found that GNM is significantly brittle compared to pristine graphene nanoribbons. It is observed that the relationship between the hole shape and size and the band gap is different for armchair and zigzag chirality.