• 文献标题:   Evidence for formation of multi-quantum dots in hydrogenated graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHUANG CS, PUDDY RK, CONNOLLY MR, LO ST, LIN HD, CHEN TM, SMITH CG, LIANG CT
  • 作者关键词:   multiquantum dot, singlelayer graphene flake, coulomb peak
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cambridge
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1186/1556-276X-7-459
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We report the experimental evidence for the formation of multi-quantum dots in a hydrogenated single-layer graphene flake. The existence of multi-quantum dots is supported by the low-temperature measurements on a field effect transistor structure device. The resulting Coulomb blockade diamonds shown in the color scale plot together with the number of Coulomb peaks exhibit the characteristics of the so-called 'stochastic Coulomb blockade'. A possible explanation for the formation of the multi-quantum dots, which is not observed in pristine graphene to date, was attributed to the impurities and defects unintentionally decorated on a single-layer graphene flake which was not treated with the thermal annealing process. Graphene multi-quantum dots developed around impurities and defect sites during the hydrogen plasma exposure process.