Strong dependence of transport properties of metal-semiconductor-metal graphene ribbons on their geometrical features

The conducting properties of various finite graphene ribbons and their junctions are investigated. These were found to depend strongly on their size and geometric features. Small arm-chair ribbons, when connected through tapered geometries, are found to exhibit very narrow conducting windows. No conductance is found through small armchair zigzag armchair ribbon junctions when connected via pentagon-heptagon defect lines. However, the conducting windows become broader as the size of the ribbons increases.