Graphene Nanoribbons with Smooth Edges Behave as Quantum Wires

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2011-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/1108.5692v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

To appear in Nature Nanotechnology

Scientific paper

10.1038/nnano.2011.138

Graphene nanoribbons with perfect edges are predicted to exhibit interesting electronic and spintronic properties, notably quantum-confined bandgaps and magnetic edge states. However, graphene nanoribbons produced by lithography have, to date, exhibited rough edges and low-temperature transport characteristics dominated by defects, mainly variable range hopping between localized states in a transport gap near the Dirac point. Here, we report that one- and two-layer nanoribbons quantum dots made by unzipping carbon nanotubes10 exhibit well-defined quantum transport phenomena, including Coulomb blockade, Kondo effect, clear excited states up to ~20meV, and inelastic co-tunnelling. Along with signatures of intrinsic quantum-confined bandgaps and high conductivities, our data indicate that the nanoribbons behave as clean quantum wires at low temperatures, and are not dominated by defects.

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