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Analytical Modeling of Acoustic Phonon-Limited Mobility in Strained Graphene Nanoribbons

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Recent advances in graphene nanoribbon-based electronic devices encourage researchers to develop modeling and simulation methods to explore device physics. On the other hand, increasing the operating speed of nanoelectronic devices has recently attracted significant attention, and the modification of acoustic phonon interactions because of their important effect on carrier mobility can be considered as a method for carrier mobility optimization which subsequently enhances the device speed. Moreover, strain has an important influence on the electronic properties of the nanoelectronic devices. In this paper, the acoustic phonons mobility of armchair graphene nanoribbons (n-AGNRs) under uniaxial strain is modeled analytically. In addition, strain, width and temperature effects on the acoustic phonon mobility of strained n-AGNRs are investigated. An increment in the strained AGNR acoustic phonon mobility by increasing the ribbon width is reported. Additionally, two different behaviors for the acoustic phonon mobility are verified by increasing the applied strain in 3m, 3m + 2 and 3m + 1 AGNRs. Finally, the temperature effect on the modeled AGNR phonon mobility is explored, and mobility reduction by raising the temperature is reported.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, Urmia Pardis University, Urmia, Iran

    Ali Yousefvand

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Koohdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Koohdasht, Iran

    Ali Yousefvand

  3. Nano-Technology Research Center, Nano-Electronic Group, Physics Department, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

    Mohammad T. Ahmadi

  4. Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Malaysia

    Mohammad T. Ahmadi

  5. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran

    Bahar Meshginqalam

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Yousefvand, A., Ahmadi, M.T. & Meshginqalam, B. Analytical Modeling of Acoustic Phonon-Limited Mobility in Strained Graphene Nanoribbons. J. Electron. Mater. 46, 6553–6562 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-017-5698-z

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