Quantum blockade and loop currents in graphene with topological defects

Yanyang Zhang; Jiang Ping Hu; B. A. Bernevig; X. R. Wang; X. C. Xie; W. M. Liu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.155413

Quantum blockade and loop currents in graphene with topological defects

Yanyang Zhang, Jiang Ping Hu, B. A. Bernevig, X. R. Wang, X. C. Xie, W. M. Liu

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We investigate the effect of topological defects on the transport properties of a narrow ballistic ribbon of graphene with zigzag edges. Our results show that the longitudinal conductance vanishes at several discrete Fermi energies where the system develops loop orbital electric currents with certain chirality. The chirality depends on the direction of the applied bias voltage and the sign of the local curvature created by the topological defects. This quantum localization phenomenon provides a way to generate a magnetic moment by an external electric field, which can prove useful in nanotronics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	155413
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	78
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.155413
State	Published - Oct 9 2008

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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