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The structural similarity between hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and graphene nanoribbons allows for the formation of heterojunctions with small chain stress. The combination of the insulation nature of the former and the quasi-metallic…

When combined with graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is an ideal substrate and gate dielectric with which to build metalh-BN|graphene field-effect devices. We use first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations for…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-11-11 Menno Bokdam , Petr A. Khomyakov , Geert Brocks , Zhicheng Zhong , Paul J. Kelly

We propose a graphene device that can generate spin-dependent negative differential resistance (NDR). The device is composed of a sufficiently wide and short graphene and two gated EuO strips deposited on top of it. This scheme avoids…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-26 Yu Song , Yang Liu , Xiaolong Feng , Fei Yan , Wei-Zhi Zhang

In this Letter, we derive an effective theory of graphene on a hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN) substrate. We show that the h-BN substrate generically opens a spectral gap in graphene despite the lattice mismatch. The origin of that gap is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-12 M. Kindermann , Bruno Uchoa , D. L. Miller

We fabricated graphene pnp devices, by embedding pre-defined local gates in an oxidized surface layer of a silicon substrate. With neither dielectric-material deposition nor electron-beam irradiation on the graphene, we obtained…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Seung-Geol Nam , Dong-Keun Ki , Jong Wan Park , Youngwook Kim , Jun Sung Kim , Hu-Jong Lee

The emergence of interference is observed in the resistance of a graphene annulus pn junction device as a result of applying two separate gate voltages. The observed resistance patterns are carefully inspected, and it is determined that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Son T. Le , Albert F. Rigosi , Joseph A. Hagmann , Christopher Gutierrez , Ji Ung Lee , Curt A. Richter

Creation of sharp lateral p-n junctions in graphene devices, with transition widths well below the Fermi wavelength of graphene charge carriers, is vital to study and exploit these electronic systems for electron-optical applications. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-19 Ferney A. Chaves , David Jimenez , Jaime E. Santos , Peter Boggild , Jose M. Caridad

The size-dependent electrical resistivity of single-layer graphene ribbons has been studied experimentally for ribbon widths from 16 nm to 320 nm. The experimental findings are that the resistivity follows a more dramatic trend than that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-24 Zhuocong Xiao , Colm Durkan

We study photodetection in graphene near a local electrostatic gate, which enables active control of the potential landscape and carrier polarity. We find that a strong photoresponse only appears when and where a p-n junction is formed,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-30 M. C. Lemme , F. H. L. Koppens , A. L. Falk , M. S. Rudner , H. Park , L. S. Levitov , C. M. Marcus

Several pn junctions were constructed from mechanically exfoliated ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) beta-phase gallium oxide (\b{eta}-Ga2O3) and p-type gallium nitride (GaN). The mechanical exfoliation process, which is described in detail, is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-12-17 Jossue Montes , Chen Yang , Houqiang Fu , Tsung-Han Yang , Xuanqi Huang , Jingan Zhou , Hong Chen , Kai Fu , Yuji Zhao

Periodically corrugated epitaxial graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on metallic substrates are considered as perspective templates for the self-assembly of nanoparticles arrays. By using first-principles calculations, we determine…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-07-13 Oleg V. Yazyev , Alfredo Pasquarello

Edge structure of graphene has a significant influence on its electronic properties. However, control over the edge structure of graphene domains on insulating substrates is still challenging. Here we demonstrate edge control of graphene…

We present a graphene-based memory platform built on dual-gated field-effect transistors (GFETs). By integrating a lithographically defined metal patch directly atop the hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)-graphene channel, the device functions…

The use of multiple current terminals on millimeter-scale graphene $p-n$ junction devices fabricated with Corbino geometries, or quantum Hall resistance dartboards, have enabled the measurement of several fractional multiples of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Chieh-I Liu , Dinesh K. Patel , Martina Marzano , Mattias Kruskopf , Heather M. Hill , Albert F. Rigosi

We present a benchmarking protocol that combines the characterization of boron nitride (BN) crystals and films with the evaluation of the electronic properties of graphene on these substrates. Our study includes hBN crystals grown under…

Raman spectroscopy, a fast and nondestructive imaging method, can be used to monitor the doping level in graphene devices. We fabricated chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown graphene on atomically flat hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) flakes…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-12-09 Kanokporn Chattrakun , Shengqiang Huang , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , A. Sandhu , B. J. LeRoy

Double-gated graphene devices provide an important platform for understanding electrical and optical properties of graphene. Here we present transport measurements of single layer, bilayer and trilayer graphene devices with suspended top…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Velasco , Y. Lee , L. Jing , G. Liu , W. Bao , C. N. Lau

The resistivity of gated graphene is studied taking into account electron and hole scattering by short- and long-range structural imperfections the characteristics of disorder were taken from the scanning tunneling microscopy data and by…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-12-29 F. T. Vasko , V. Ryzhii

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is drawing increasing attention as an insulator and substrate material to develop next generation graphene-based electronic devices. In this paper, we investigate the quantum transport in heterostructures…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-30 Y. Zhao , Z. Wan , X. Xu , S. R. Patil , U. Hetmaniuk , M. P. Anantram

Two-dimensional (2D) crystals, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride and transitional metal dichalcogenides, have attracted tremendous amount of attention over the past decade due to their extraordinary thermal, electrical and optical…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-16 Y. Zhao , Z. Wan , U. Hetmaniuk , M. P. Anantram