• 文献标题:   Design of electromechanical switch based on armchair twisted graphene nanoribbons with doping and defect
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FOTOOHI S, PASHANGPOUR M, LASHGARI H
  • 作者关键词:   armchair graphene nanoribbon, twist, density functional theory, nonequilibrium greeds function, electromechanical device
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA BCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0921-4526 EI 1873-2135
  • 通讯作者地址:   Islamic Azad Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physb.2019.05.022
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

The electronic transport properties of twisted armchair graphene nanoribbons (T-AGNRs) with substitution of boron (B)/nitrogen (N) impurity as well as single vacancy (SV) are investigated using density functional theory in combination with non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF).The results exhibit that the electronic transport properties of T-AGNRs can be clearly modulated due to the presence of B/N doping or SV. For all considered systems, the maximum variations of current are observed under twisted angle theta = 180 degrees respect to theta = 0 degrees.Thus, these systems can be considered as electromechanical switch. Furthermore, the performance of switches is investigated with B/N doping and SV in different sites of T-AGNRs. Besides, the effects of different concentrations (0.9%, 1.8%, 2.7% and 3.6%) of doping and SV are studied on overall performance of switches. The results indicate that the performance is significantly enhanced by increasing of B/N concentration. Our findings might be important to design of nano electromechanical switch devices.