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CHARACTERIZATION OF CONDUCTION MECHANISMS RELEVANT TO DEVICE PERFORMANCE IN NANOPERFORATED GRAPHENE

NATHANIEL S. SAFRON

Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

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MICHAEL S. ARNOLD

Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129156411006982Cited by:7 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We have recently reported on the synthesis and characterization of a new form of nanostructured graphene that we call "nanoperforated graphene". Nanoperforated graphene is fabricated by etching a periodic array of nanoscale holes into atomic membranes of graphene to create an ultrathin superlattice-like structure. Nanoperforated graphene demonstrates semiconductor-like behavior and we have realized room-temperature field-induced conductance modulation as high as 450 (compared with < 10 for unpatterned graphene) with field-effect mobilities of ~ 1 cm²V^-1s^-1. Here, we discuss the conduction mechanisms in nanoperforated graphene and the relevance of this new material for field-effect transistor devices. In nanoperforated graphene with 15 nm nanoconstrictions, we observe that the low-bias mobility is independent of temperature, consistent with elastic scattering-limited conduction. At low temperatures, a transport gap limits conduction in the sub-threshold regime and affects the threshold voltage for band conduction. We show that the high-bias electrical characteristics of nanoperforated graphene are similar to "artificial solids," a class of materials made of 2D arrays of Coulomb islands, consistent with observed Coulomb Blockade features in the sub-threshold regime. Currently, the device characteristics of the nanopatterned graphene material are found to be suitable for large-area, thin-film transistor applications. Future higher-performance applications are expected.

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