Electron Transport Through Experimentally Controllable Parabolic Bubbles on Graphene Nanoribbons

Mai-Chung Nguyen, Huy-Viet Nguyen
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  • Mai-Chung Nguyen \(^1\)Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam <br> \(^2\)Energy Department, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Huy-Viet Nguyen Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

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https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/16763

Abstract

We present a theoretical study of electron transport properties through experimentally controllable graphene nanobubbles [P. Jia et al., Nat. Commun. 10 (2019) 1] employing a tight-binding model and the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. Sharp conductance peaks are observed at low energy region which signifies the emergence of quasi-bound states caused by pseudomagnetic field in the strained nanobubbles. Analysis based on local density of states reveals the nature of electron transmission at peak energies. Our results also show that the emergence of quasi-bound states and its role in electron transport depend on both strain strength and bubble size: when the strain or size of the bubble increases, more quasi-bound states emerge and resonant tunnelling assisted by these quasi-bound states becomes dominant.

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27-03-2022

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M.-C. Nguyen and H.-V. Nguyen, “Electron Transport Through Experimentally Controllable Parabolic Bubbles on Graphene Nanoribbons”, Comm. Phys., vol. 32, no. 3, p. 265, Mar. 2022.

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