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Page 1: Electron Transport in Molecules, Nanotubes and …nanotube.msu.edu/nt06/presentations/NT06-Kim.pdfElectron Transport in Molecules, Nanotubes and Graphene Philip Kim Department of Physics

Electron Transport in Molecules, Nanotubes and Graphene

Philip Kim

Department of PhysicsColumbia University

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ky

kx

Rolling Up Graphene: Periodic Boundary Condition

(n, 0)

(n, n)

Ch(n, m)

a1

a2

Ch Periodic Boundary Condition

qkCh π2=⋅ ⊥

r

kx

ky

Allowed statesMetallic nanotube

E

k1D

E

k1D

Semiconducting nanotube

x

E(k2D)

kx

ky+ band

- band

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Tuning Carrier Density by Electric Field Effect

Vg

Vsd IDoped Si

SiO2

metalmetal

nanotube

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

- - - - - - -

Induced charge: Cg Vg = e n = e (D.O.S) ∆EF

E

k1DEF

E

k1D

EF

Vg << 0

Metallic nanotube

Vg > 0~

E

k1DEF

E

k1D

EF

Vg << 0

Semiconducting nanotube

Vg > 0~

Atomic force microscope image of nanotube device

nanotubeelectrode

SiO 2

Si

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OFFON

Electrical Transport in Nanotube Devices

E

k1DEF

E

k1D

EF

100

50

050-5

Vsd = 10 mV

Vg (V)

I(nA

)

E

k1DEF

Metallic nanotube

E

k1D

EF

Vg (V)

4

2

0-5 0 5

I(nA

)

Vsd = 10 mV

Semiconducting nanotubeIVsd

Vg

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Controlled Growth of Ultralong Nanotubes

B. H. Hong, J. Y. Lee, T. Beetz, Y. Zhu, P. Kim and S. Kim (2005)

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(Avouris, IBM)

Extraction of Inner Shells from MWNTs

Hong, et al, PNAS (2005)

AFM manipulation of long MWNTs

2 µm

5 µm

2 µm 2 µm

5 µm

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Intershell and Intrashell Nanotube Devices

Hong, et al, PNAS (2005)

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15 mm

Extremely Long SWNT Field Effect Transistor

gatesource drain

100 µm

100 µm

FET characteristics

-9 -6 -3 0 3 6 90

10

20

30

40

Vg (V)

I sd(n

A)

Vsd = 20 V

ρ ~ 10-7 Ω m

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400

200

0

6040200

Length (µm)

Res

ista

nce

(kΩ

)

T = 250 K

ρ = 8 kΩ/µm

Electron Transport in Long Single Walled Nanotubes

Multi-terminal Device with Pd contact

M. Purewall, A. Ravi, and P. Kim (2006)

* Scaling behavior of resistance:R(L)

5678

10

2

3

4

5678

100

2

3

4

567

0.12 4 6 8

12 4 6 8

102 4 6 8

L (µm)

R(kΩ

)

T = 250 K400

200

0

6040200

R(kΩ

)

L (µm)

R ~ RQ

R ~ L

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- +-

L

Ballistic Transport and Mean Free PathElectron Transport in 1D Channel

le : mean free path

R(L) = ρ LDiffusive transport: le << L

- +-

L

Ballistic transport: L < le

Resistance of N- 1D Channel:

For a nanotube, N = 4 ( 2 from spin and 2 from K and K’)

elL

Neh

NehLR 22)( +=

R(L) = h /N e2 = RQ

# of channel

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5

6789

10

2

3

4

5

6789

100

2

3

4

5

67

2 3 4 5 61

2 3 4 5 610

2 3 4 5 6100

Electron Mean Free Path of Nanotube

L (µm)

R(kΩ

)

T = 250 K

175 K

110 K

60 K

30 K

400

200

040200

L (µm)

R(kΩ

)

T = 250 K

175 K

110 K

60 K

30 K

ec l

Leh

ehRLR 22 44

)( ++=

Lines are fit to

45.64 2 =eh

Non-ideal contact resistance Rc < 2 kΩ

Temperature (K)

mea

n fr

ee p

ath

(µm

)

0.1

2

46

1

2

46

10

2

12 4 6 8

102 4 6 8

1002 4

le ~ 0.5 µm @ RT !!

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Extremely Long Mean Free Path: Hidden Symmetry ?

le ~ 0.5 µm @ 300 K

le ~ 10 µm @ 1.6 K

Carbon nanotube: Ga[Al]As HEMT:le ~ 100 µm @ 1.6 K

le ~ 0.06 µm @ 300 K

E

k1D

EF

right moving left moving

•Small momentum transfer backward scattering must be inefficient.

Selection rules by hidden symmetry in graphene?

T. Ando, JPSJ (1998);McEuen at al, PRL (1999)

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Electric Field Effect in Mesoscopic Graphite

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Simple Yet Efficient Mechanical Extraction

Using Scotch Tape is Essential!!

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1 µm

AFM Image

A Few Layer Graphene on SiO2/Si Substrate

0.8 nm

0.4 nm1.2 nm

Optical microscope images

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Transport Single Layer Graphene

Cleaved graphite crystallite

20 µm

Single layer graphene device 5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0

-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80

Vg (V)

Rxx

(Ω)

< 1 nm

10 nm

Field Effect Resistance~h/4e2

Zhang, Tan, Stormer & Kim (2005), see also Novoselov et al (2005).

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Graphene : Dirac Particles in 2D Box

Band structure of graphene

kx

ky

Ener

gy

kx' ky'

E

⊥′≈ kvE F

rh

Massless Dirac Particles with effective speed of light vF.

hole

electron

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Graphene v.s. Conventional 2D Electron System

Conventional 2D Electron System

Graphene

E

N2D(E)

*

22

2 emkE h

=

*

22

2 hmkE h

−=

N2D(E)

E 2

*

hπem

2

*

hπhm

Band structures Density of States

• Zero band mass• Strict electron hole symmetry• Electron hole degeneracy

~ h/4e2

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DOS

E

2D Gas in Quantum Limit : Conventional Case

DOS

E2

*

hπem

2

*

hπhm

Density of States

*/ meBc hh =ω

Landau Levels in Magnetic FieldQuantum Hall Effect in GaAs 2DEG

s

s

EF

Graphene• Vanishing carrier mass near Dirac point• Strict electron hole symmetry• Electron hole degeneracy *m

eBc =ω

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15

10

5

086420

6

4

2

0

Hal

l Res

ista

nce

(kΩ

)

Magnetoresistance (kΩ

)B (T)

Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene

____ he2

12

____ he2

16

____ he2

110

T=50 mK

____ he2

12

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

-50 0 50Vg (V)

Hal

l Res

ista

nce

(kΩ

)

T= 1.5K, B= 9T

____ he2

16

____ he2

110

____ he2

114

h1 ____e2-14

e2____ h1

-10

____ he2

1-6

____ he2

1-2

Quantization:

4 (n + )Rxy =-1 ___ e

h2

21

Vg=-2 V

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EF

σxy

Ene

rgy

gse2/h

Relativistic Landau Level and Half Integer QHE

Landau Level +_Landau Level Degeneracygs = 4

2 for spin and 2 for sublattice

Quantized Condition

Haldane, PRL (1988)

T. Ando et al (2002)

n = 1

n = 2

n = 3

n = -3

n = 0

n = -1

n = -2

DOS

Ene

rgy

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Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene

T = 1.7 KB = 9 T

Mobility ~ 60,000 cm2/V s

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Nanotube Electrodes for Molecular Electronics

• Nanotubes are inherently small, yet compatible to microfabrication processes

• Covalent chemistry between electrode and molecules

• Potentially good conduction via π-bonding network

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Nanotube device

Nanotube Nanogaps

Thin PMMA coating

Narrow (<10nm) trench via e-beam lithography

Oxygen Plasma etching creates gaps (0-10 nm) in tubes.

Cut ends likely to be carboxyl-terminated

Hone, Wind, Nuckolls, and Kim Collaboration

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Process are optimized to Yield of cut tubes: 25% of ~2600 devices

AFM micrographSEM micrograph

Nanotube Nanogaps

~ 5 nmSEM micrograph

Columbia NSEC (Hone, Wind, Nuckolls, and Kim) Collaboration

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Molecular Bridges

Pyridine, EDCI

•Self-assembled•Covalently bonded•Conduction through π-back bone

Bis-oxazole

Guo et al., Science (2006)

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Does It Work?

50

40

30

20

10

0

-5 0 5

Vg (v)

Cur

rent

(nA

)

before cut

after cut

after reconnection

Metallic Nanotube + Molecular Bridge

Vsd

~ 10-15% of reconnectionout of ~ 100 fully cut tubes

after reconnection

Semiconducting Nanotube + Molecular Bridge

after cut

Vg (v)

Cur

rent

(nA

)

before cut

Vsd = 50 mV

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

-5 0 5

Vg

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* Pyridine +EDCI without molecules No connection

* Bis-oxazole without amines No connection

* Bis-oxazole with Monoamine No connection

* 1,12 dodecane diamine (insulator) No connection

Connection with diamine bisoxazole

Control Experiments

Pyridine, EDCI

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Pyridine, EDCI

Oligoaniline: PH sensing

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Transport Measurement

-100

-50

0

50

-800 -400 0 400 800

250 K

180 K

120 K50 K

10 K

1.6 K

Vsd (mV)

I (nA

)

Bis-oxazole + metallic SWNT

I (nA

)

40

20

0

-20

-40-800 -400 0 400 800

Vsd (mV)

1.6 K

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

-450 -400 -350 -300

1.0

0.5

0.0

350300250200150

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Temperature Dependence Transport Spectroscopy

20

10

0

-600 -400 -200 0 200 400 60020

10

0

-600 -400 -200 0 200 400 60020

10

0

-600 -400 -200 0 200 400 60020

10

0

-600 -400 -200 0 200 400 600

1.6 K

10 K

50 K

180 K

Vsd (mV)

dI/d

V(10−

8 S)

4

3

2

1

0

300250200150

1.6K10K20K50K

Vsd (mV)

dI/d

V(10−

8 S)

10

8

6

4

2

0

-250 -200 -150Vsd (mV)

dI/d

V(10−

8 S)

30 K

50 K80 K

120 K

180 K220 K250 K

20 K

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Gate Voltage Dependence

Vg (V)

Vsd

(mV

)

150

175

200

225

125-9.3 -9.25 -9.2

0

0.2

0.4

dI/dV(µS)

0.3

0.2

0.1

0180170160150

Vg=-9.25 V-9.23 V-9.21 V-9.19 V-9.17 V

Vsd (mV)

dI/d

V(µ

S)

200

-5.0-6.0 -4.0

-500

-250

250

500

0

Vg (V)

Vsd

(mV

)

dI/dVsd (µS)0 0.1

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Summary

•Nanotube electrode for single molecular electronics

•Transport in graphene:Unusual quantum Hall effectGraphene nano ribbon devicesGate dependent Raman spectroscopy

•Transport in long nanotubes:Subshell extraction in MWNTsExtremely long mean-free path in SWNTs

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AcknowledgementSpecial Thanks to: Yuanbo ZhangMeninder PurewalByung Hee HongJosh SmallMelinda HanBarbaros Oezyilmaz

Kim Group 2004 Summer Central Park

Funding:

Collaboration: Stormer, Pinczuk, Heinz, Nuckolls, Brus, Flynne, Hone,