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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
We present a systematic study of electron backscattering phenomena during conduction for graphene nanoribbons with single-vacancy scatterers and dimensions within the capabilities of modern lithographic techniques. Our analysis builds upon an ab initio parameterized semiempirical model that breaks electron-hole symmetry and nonequilibrium Green’s-function methods for the calculation of the conductance distribution g. The underlying mechanism is based on wave-function localizations and perturbations that in the case of the first π− π∗ plateau can give rise to impuritylike pseudogaps with both donor and acceptor characteristics. Confinement and geometry are crucial for the manifestation of such effects. Self-consistent quantum transport calculations characterize vacancies as local charging centers that can induce electrostatic inhomogeneities on the ribbon topology.
Publisher: 
American Physical Society
Publication date: 
22 Feb 2010
Authors: 

I Deretzis, Gianluca Fiori, Giuseppe Iannaccone, A La Magna

Biblio References: 
Volume: 81 Issue: 8 Pages: 085427
Origin: 
Physical Review B