Nearly Free Electron States in Graphene Nanoribbon Superlattices

2010/09/20 by Shuanglin Hu, Zhenyu Li, Hu, Shuanglin +9
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1009.3699

arxiv created 2010/09/20 · arxiv updated 2010/09/21

Abstract

Nearly free electron (NFE) state is an important kind of unoccupied state in low dimensional systems. Although it is intensively studied, a clear picture on its physical origin and its response behavior to external perturbations is still not available. Our systematic first-principles study based on graphene nanoribbon superlattices suggests that there are actually two kinds of NFE states, which can be understood by a simple Kronig-Penney potential model. An atom-scattering-free NFE transport channel can be obtained via electron doping, which may be used as a conceptually new field effect transistor.

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