Abstract
We investigate the electron transport properties in atomic carbon wires between two zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) electrodes by applying nonequilibrium Green's functions in combination with the density-functional theory. It shows that the ZGNR electrode twisting can modulate the conductance of the atomic carbon wire-graphene junctions remarkably. Typical currents of devices with odd carbon wires are much higher than currents of devices with even carbon wires to exhibit even-odd behavior. The negative differential resistance behaviors are only found in the devices with odd carbon wires. When the right ZGNR electrode is twisted, the curvatures of the current–voltage characteristics change remarkably upon twisted angles. The current will decrease by up to 5 orders of magnitude when the twisted angle reaches to 90°. That means the atomic carbon wire-graphene junctions can be made as a mechanical switching.
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