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  • Chaotic Dirac Billiard in G...
    Ponomarenko, L.A; Schedin, F; Katsnelson, M.I; Yang, R; Hill, E.W; Novoselov, K.S; Geim, A.K

    Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 04/2008, Letnik: 320, Številka: 5874
    Journal Article

    The exceptional electronic properties of graphene, with its charge carriers mimicking relativistic quantum particles and its formidable potential in various applications, have ensured a rapid growth of interest in this new material. We report on electron transport in quantum dot devices carved entirely from graphene. At large sizes (>100 nanometers), they behave as conventional single-electron transistors, exhibiting periodic Coulomb blockade peaks. For quantum dots smaller than 100 nanometers, the peaks become strongly nonperiodic, indicating a major contribution of quantum confinement. Random peak spacing and its statistics are well described by the theory of chaotic neutrino billiards. Short constrictions of only a few nanometers in width remain conductive and reveal a confinement gap of up to 0.5 electron volt, demonstrating the possibility of molecular-scale electronics based on graphene.