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A simple model of Coulomb disorder and screening in graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We suggest a simple model of disorder in graphene assuming that there are randomly distributed positive and negative centers with equal concentration N/2N/2 in the bulk of silicon oxide substrate. We show that at zero gate voltage such disorder creates two-dimensional concentration n0N2/3n_0 \sim N^{2/3} of electrons and holes in graphene. Electrons and holes reside in alternating in space puddles of the size R0N1/3R_0 \sim N^{-1/3}. A typical puddle has only one or two carriers in agreement with recent scanning single electron transistor experiment.

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@article{arxiv.0706.4425,
  title  = {A simple model of Coulomb disorder and screening in graphene},
  author = {B. I. Shklovskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.4425},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

2.5 pages, twice longer than previous version