Giant Quasiparticle Bandgap Modulation in Graphene Nanoribbons Supported on Weakly Interacting Surfaces
Date of this Version
9-12-2013Abstract
In general, there are two major factors affecting bandgaps in nanostructures: (i) the enhanced electron-electron interactions due to confinement and (ii) the modified selfenergy of electrons due to the dielectric screening. While recent theoretical studies on graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) report on the first effect, the effect of dielectric screening from the surrounding materials such as substrates has not been thoroughly investigated. Using large-scale electronic structure calculations based on the GW approach, we show that when GNRs are deposited on substrates, bandgaps get strongly suppressed (by as much as 1 eV) even though the GNR-substrate interaction is weak.
Discipline(s)
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Comments
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv:1309.3226
Condensed Matter > Materials Science