• 文献标题:   The effect of interlayer coupling on electron transport in graphene nanoribbons: a potential method for nanoposition sensing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG J, LIN ZJ, CHAN KS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, nanomechanical device, position sensor, quantum transport
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/26/13/135301
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We report a study on the effect of electron transport in a monolayer armchair graphene nanoribbon due to coupling to another monolayer armchair graphene ribbon, which is put on top of the first one. The conductance of the bottom ribbon oscillates when the top ribbon moves, and the oscillation can be used to determine stepwise position changes of the top ribbon for step sizes as small as 3.68 angstrom. The conductance oscillation arises from the rapid electron probability oscillations in the lowest three subbands of an armchair graphene ribbon. The phenomenon has potential applications in nanoposition sensing.