• 文献标题:   Graphene nanoribbon as a negative differential resistance device
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   REN H, LI QX, LUO Y, YANG JL
  • 作者关键词:   density functional theory, electronic density of state, graphene, green s function method, impurity state, nanocontact, nanoelectronic, negative resistance device, nitrogen, semiconductor device, semiconductor material
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   180
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3126451
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

We present a theoretical study on electronic structure and elastic transport properties of armchair graphene nanoribbon based junctions by using density functional theory calculations and nonequilibrium Green's function technique. The I-V characteristics of various junctions are examined, which all exhibit robust negative differential resistance (NDR) phenomena. It is found that such NDR behaviors originate from the interaction between the narrow density of states of the doped leads and the discrete states in the scattering region.