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Electronic transport through superlattice-graphene nanoribbons

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In this work, we study quantum transport properties of superlattice-graphene nanoribbons (SGNRs) attached to two semi-infinite metallic armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) leads. The calculations are based on the tight-binding model and Green’s function method, in which localization length, density of states (DOS) and conductance of the system are calculated, numerically. By controlling the layered boron concentration, this kind of system can separate the extended states from the localized states. Our results may have important applications for building blocks in the nano-electronic devices based on GNRs.

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  1. School of Physics, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, 16846, Tehran, Iran

    Farhad Khoeini

  2. Payame Noor University (PNU), Nejatollahi St. 159995-7613, Tehran, Iran

    A. A. Shokri

  3. Computational Physical Sciences Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 19395, -5531, Tehran, Iran

    A. A. Shokri

  4. Zanjan University (ZNU), P.O. Box 45195, -313, Zanjan, Iran

    Farzad Khoeini

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Khoeini, F., Shokri, A. & Khoeini, F. Electronic transport through superlattice-graphene nanoribbons. Eur. Phys. J. B 75, 505–509 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00159-5

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