https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00288-9
Low-energy electron transmission in a partially unzipped zigzag nanotube
Space Research Institute of NAS and NSA of Ukraine, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
Corresponding author: a yurkl@ikd.kiev.ua
Received:
7
June
2010
Revised:
3
September
2010
Published online:
6
October
2010
Based on the nearest-neighbor tight-binding approximation, we present exact analytical expressions for electron transmission in nanotube/ribbon junctions, generated by incomplete unzipping of zigzag nanotubes. By assuming one-dimer-line difference in the widths of the leads, it is demonstrated that such a contact exhibits zero backscattering of low-energy electrons entering from the graphene side of the junction. We also show that a zigzag nanotube section sandwiched between two armchair graphene ribbons is completely transparent for incident low-energy electrons. Possible application of the results to nanosensor engineering is also included.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2010