• 文献标题:   Conductance quantization and transport gaps in disordered graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MUCCIOLO ER, NETO AHC, LEWENKOPF CH
  • 作者关键词:   anderson model, ballistic transport, electric admittance, graphene, nanostructured material, quantum interference phenomena
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cent Florida
  • 被引频次:   237
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.79.075407
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

We study numerically the effects of edge and bulk disorder on the conductance of graphene nanoribbons. We compute the conductance suppression due to Anderson localization induced by edge scattering and find that even for weak edge roughness, conductance steps are suppressed and transport gaps are induced. These gaps are approximately inversely proportional to the nanoribbon width. On/off conductance ratios grow exponentially with the nanoribbon length. Our results impose severe limitations to the use of graphene in ballistic nanowires.