• 文献标题:   Graphene nanogap for gate-tunable quantum-coherent single-molecule electronics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BERGVALL A, BERLAND K, HYLDGAARD P, KUBATKIN S, LOFWANDER T
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chalmers Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155451
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We present atomistic calculations of quantum coherent electron transport through fulleropyrrolidine terminated molecules bridging a graphene nanogap. We predict that three difficult problems in molecular electronics with single molecules can be solved by utilizing graphene contacts: (1) a back gate modulating the Fermi level in the graphene leads facilitates control of the device conductance in a transistor effect with high on-off current ratio; (2) the size mismatch between leads and molecule is avoided, in contrast to the traditional metal contacts; (3) as a consequence, distinct features in charge flow patterns throughout the device are directly detectable by scanning techniques. We show that moderate graphene edge disorder is unimportant for the transistor function.