• 文献标题:   Inhomogeneous screening of gate electric field by interface states in graphene FETs
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SINGH AK, GUPTA AK
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, interface state, scanning tunneling spectroscopy
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-648X/aa7dbf
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The electronic states at graphene-SiO2 interface and their inhomogeneity is investigated using the back-gate-voltage dependence of local tunnel spectra acquired with a scanning tunneling microscope. The conductance spectra show two, or occasionally three, minima that evolve along the bias-voltage axis with the back gate voltage. This evolution is modeled using tipgating and interface states. The energy dependent interface states' density, D-it(E), required to model the back-gate evolution of the minima, is found to have significant inhomogeneity in its energy-width. A broad D-it(E) leads to an effect similar to a reduction in the Fermi velocity while the narrow D-it(E) leads to the pinning of the Fermi energy close to the Dirac point, as observed in some places, due to enhanced screening of the gate electric field by the narrow D-it(E). Finally, this also demonstrates STM as a tool to probe the density of interface states in various 2D Dirac materials.