Abstract
Abstract The electron transport properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with upright standing carbon chains are investigated by using first-principles calculations. The calculated results show a significant odd-even dependence. The currents of even-numbered chain configurations are small because a suppression emerges around the Fermi energy in the transmission spectra under a finite bias. However the I − V curves of odd-numbered chain structures display metallic properties with a big transmission peak in the transmission spectra, indicating the high conductance. These properties offer an interesting method by modifying the odd-even parity of the carbon chains to tune the electron transport properties of ZGNRS.
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