• 文献标题:   Selective interface transparency in graphene nanoribbon based molecular junctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DOU KP, KAUN CC, ZHANG RQ
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   City Univ Hong Kong
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1039/c7nr08564h
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

A clear understanding of electrode-molecule interfaces is a prerequisite for the rational engineering of future generations of nanodevices that will rely on single-molecule coupling between components. With a model system, we reveal a peculiar dependence on interfaces in all graphene nanoribbon-based carbon molecular junctions. The effect can be classified into two types depending on the intrinsic feature of the embedded core graphene nanoflake (GNF). For metallic GNFs with vertical bar N-A - N-B vertical bar = 1, good/poor contact transparency occurs when the core device aligns with the center/edge of the electrode. The situation is reversed when a semiconducting GNF is the device, where N-A = N-B. These results may shed light on the design of real connecting components in graphene-based nanocircuits.