AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Graphene and Related Materials Focus Topic Thursday Sessions
       Session GR+AS+NS+SS-ThM

Invited Paper GR+AS+NS+SS-ThM11
Electronic Properties and Device Applications of Wafer-Scale Graphene Nanoribbons

Thursday, November 1, 2012, 11:20 am, Room 13

Session: Graphene Nanostructures
Presenter: D. Jena, University of Notre Dame
Correspondent: Click to Email

Graphene boasts unique physical, electronic, and optical properties. For conventional electronic device applications, the zero band gap of 2-dimensional graphene is an impediment. Opening of effective band gaps can be achieved by field-effect in bilayer graphene, or by using Klein-tunneling properties of graphene p-n junctions. However, these methods appear not to effectively scale to small dimensions. Another way to open band gaps in graphene is to make graphene nano ribbons (GNRs) and use size quantization. Though many of the properties of 2D graphene are lost in the process, GNRs become similar to semiconducting carbon nanotubes, but with planar structures and compatibility with conventional lithographic processes. In this talk, I will present our group's research progress in making such wafer-scale GNR transistors. Band gaps ~0.15 eV appear in ~10 nm wide single GNRs, and band gaps are preserved in parallel arrays of GNRs. Based on these GNRs, we measure current drives as high as 10mA/micron, which far exceeds all other semiconductor materials and seems attractive for both logic and interconnect applications. The effects of edge roughness on scattering and mobility, and the progress towards making GNR-based tunneling transistors will also be presented.