Transport through graphene nanoribbons: suppression of transverse quantization by symmetry breaking
arXiv:1102.3848 · doi:10.1002/pssb.201600260
Abstract
We investigate transport through nanoribbons in the presence of disorder scattering. We show that size quantization patterns are only present when SU(2) pseudospin symmetry is preserved. Symmetry breaking disorder renders transverse quantization invisible, which may provide an explanation for the necessity of suspending graphene nanoconstrictions to obtain size quantization signatures in very recent experiments. Employing a quasi-classical Monte-Carlo simulation, we are able to reproduce and explain key qualitative features of the full quantum-mechanical calculations.
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