• 文献标题:   Magnetotransport Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons with Zigzag Edges
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU S, LIU B, SHEN C, LI S, HUANG XC, LU XB, CHEN P, WANG GL, WANG DM, LIAO MZ, ZHANG J, ZHANG TL, WANG SP, YANG W, YANG R, SHI DX, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, YAO YG, WANG WH, ZHANG GY
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.216601
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The determination of the electronic structure by edge geometry is unique to graphene. In theory, an evanescent nonchiral edge state is predicted at the zigzag edges of graphene. Up to now, the approach used to study zigzag-edged graphene has mostly been limited to scanning tunneling microscopy. The transport properties have not been revealed. Recent advances in hydrogen plasma-assisted "top-down" fabrication of zigzag--edged graphene nanoribbons (Z-GNRs) have allowed us to investigate edge-related transport properties. In this Letter, we report the magnetotransport properties of Z-GNRs down to similar to 70 nm wide on an h-BN substrate, in the quantum Hall effect regime, a prominent conductance peak is observed at Landau nu = 0, which is absent in GNRs with nonzigzag edges. The conductance peak persists under perpendicular magnetic fields and low temperatures. At a zero magnetic field, a nonlocal voltage signal, evidenced by edge conduction, is detected. These prominent transport features are closely related to the observable density of states at the hydrogen--etched zigzag edge of graphene probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, which qualitatively matches the theoretically predicted electronic structure for zigzag--edged graphene. Our study gives important insights for the design of new edge-related electronic devices.