TY - JOUR
T1 - Tunable quantum temperature oscillations in graphene nanostructures
AU - Bergfield, Justin P.
AU - Ratner, Mark A.
AU - Stafford, Charles A.
AU - Di Ventra, Massimiliano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Physical Society.
PY - 2015/3/5
Y1 - 2015/3/5
N2 - We investigate the local electron temperature distribution in graphene nanoribbon and graphene junctions subject to an applied thermal gradient. Using a realistic model of a scanning thermal microscope, we predict quantum temperature oscillations whose wavelength is related to that of Friedel oscillations. Experimentally this wavelength can be tuned over several orders of magnitude by gating or doping, bringing quantum temperature oscillations within reach of the spatial resolution of existing measurement techniques.
AB - We investigate the local electron temperature distribution in graphene nanoribbon and graphene junctions subject to an applied thermal gradient. Using a realistic model of a scanning thermal microscope, we predict quantum temperature oscillations whose wavelength is related to that of Friedel oscillations. Experimentally this wavelength can be tuned over several orders of magnitude by gating or doping, bringing quantum temperature oscillations within reach of the spatial resolution of existing measurement techniques.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.125407
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.125407
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924370449
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 91
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 12
M1 - 125407
ER -