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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 74, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.195417
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We study the effect of a structural nanoconstriction on the coherent transport properties of otherwise ideal zigzag-edged infinitely long graphene ribbons. The electronic structure is calculated with the standard one-orbital tight-binding model and the linear conductance is obtained using the Landauer formula. We find that, since the zero-bias current is carried in the bulk of the ribbon, this is very robust with respect to a variety of constriction geometries and edge defects. In contrast, the curve of zero-bias conductance versus gate voltage departs from the (2n+1)e(2)/h staircase of the ideal case as soon as a single atom is removed from the sample. We also find that wedge-shaped constrictions can present nonconducting states fully localized in the constriction close to the Fermi energy. The interest of these localized states in regards to the formation of quantum dots in graphene is discussed.
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