Impurity segregation in graphene nanoribbons

Details Impurity segregation in graphene nanoribbons Impurity segregation in graphene nanoribbons

2009-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/0909.1455v2

Phys. Rev. B 80, 235424 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 4 figures, submitted

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235424

The electronic properties of low-dimensional materials can be engineered by doping, but in the case of graphene nanoribbons (GNR) the proximity of two symmetry-breaking edges introduces an additional dependence on the location of an impurity across the width of the ribbon. This introduces energetically favorable locations for impurities, leading to a degree of spatial segregation in the impurity concentration. We develop a simple model to calculate the change in energy of a GNR system with an arbitrary impurity as that impurity is moved across the ribbon and validate its findings by comparison with ab initio calculations. Although our results agree with previous works predicting the dominance of edge disorder in GNR, we argue that the distribution of adsorbed impurities across a ribbon may be controllable by external factors, namely an applied electric field. We propose that this control over impurity segregation may allow manipulation and fine-tuning of the magnetic and transport properties of GNRs.

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