Suppressed conductance in a metallic graphene nano-junction
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
The linear conductance spectrum of a metallic graphene junction formed by interconnecting two gapless graphene nanoribbons is calculated. A strong conductance suppression appears in the vicinity of the Dirac point. We found that such a conductance suppression arises from the antiresonance effect associated with the edge state localized at the zigzag-edged shoulder of the junction. The conductance valley due to the antiresonance is rather robust in the presence of the impurity and vacancy scattering. And the center of the conductance valley can be readily tuned by an electric field exerted on the wider nanoribbon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0808.0947,
title = {Suppressed conductance in a metallic graphene nano-junction},
author = {Haidong Li and Lin Wang and Yisong Zheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0947},
year = {2009}
}
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14 pages, 4 figures