• 文献标题:   Observation of Quantized and Partial Quantized Conductance in Polymer-Suspended Graphene Nanoplatelets
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KANG YH, RUAN H, CLAUS RO, HEREMANS J, ORLOWSKI M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, partial integer quantum conductance, electron waveguide, transmission coefficient, memristor, resistive memory
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Virginia Tech
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1186/s11671-016-1387-8
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Quantized conductance is observed at zero magnetic field and room temperature in metal-insulator-metal structures with graphene submicron-sized nanoplatelets embedded in a 3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) polymer layer. In devices with medium concentration of graphene platelets, integer multiples of G(o) = 2e(2)/h (= 12.91 k Omega(-1)), and in some devices partially quantized including a series of with (n/7) x G(o), steps are observed. Such an organic memory device exhibits reliable memory operation with an on/off ratio of more than 10. We attribute the quantized conductance to the existence of a 1-D electron waveguide along the conductive path. The partial quantized conductance results likely from imperfect transmission coefficient due to impedance mismatch of the first waveguide modes.