Band gaps in graphene via periodic electrostatic gating

Details Band gaps in graphene via periodic electrostatic gating Band gaps in graphene via periodic electrostatic gating

2012-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/1203.3629v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

9 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

Much attention has been focused on ways of rendering graphene semiconducting. We study periodically gated graphene in a tight-binding model and find that, contrary to predictions based on the Dirac equation, it is possible to open a band gap at the Fermi level using electrostatic gating of graphene. However, comparing to other methods of periodically modulating graphene, namely perforated graphene structures, we find that the resulting band gap is significantly smaller. We discuss the intricate dependence of the band gap on the magnitude of the gate potential as well as the exact geometry of the edge of the gate region. The role of the overlap of the eigenstates with the gate region is elucidated. Considering more realistic gate potentials, we find that introducing smoothing in the potential distribution, even over a range of little more than a single carbon atom, reduces the attainable band gap significantly.

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