title: Resonant tunneling through S- and U-shaped graphene nanoribbons.
abstract: We theoretically investigate resonant tunneling through S- and U-shaped nanostructured graphene nanoribbons. A rich structure of resonant tunneling peaks is found emanating from different quasi-bound states in the middle region. The tunneling current can be turned on and off by varying the Fermi energy. Tunability of resonant tunneling is realized by changing the width of the left and/or right leads and without the use of any external gates.
authors.affiliation: SKLSM, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 912, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Peeters
mesh_terms: D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D006108:Graphite