Electrical transport across metal/two-dimensional carbon junctions: Edge versus side contacts

Autor: Yihong Wu, Ying Wang, Jiayi Wang, Miao Zhou, Aihua Zhang, Chun Zhang, Yanjing Yang, Younan Hua, Baoxi Xu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 012132-012132-12 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/1.3684617
Popis: Metal/two-dimensional carbon junctions are characterized by using a nanoprobe in an ultrahigh vacuum environment. Significant differences were found in bias voltage (V) dependence of differential conductance (dI/dV) between edge- and side-contact; the former exhibits a clear linear relationship (i.e., dI/dV ∝ V), whereas the latter is characterized by a nonlinear dependence, dI/dV ∝ V3/2. Theoretical calculations confirm the experimental results, which are due to the robust two-dimensional nature of the carbon materials under study. Our work demonstrates the importance of contact geometry in graphene-based electronic devices.
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