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Critical wave functions in disordered graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-04 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

In order to elucidate the presence of non-localized states in doped graphene, an scaling analysis of the wave function moments known as inverse participation ratios is performed. The model used is a tight- binding hamiltonian considering nearest and next-nearest neighbors with random substitutional impurities. Our findings indicate the presence of non-normalizable wave functions that follow a critical (power-law) decay, which are between a metallic and insulating behavior. The power-law exponent distribution is robust against the inclusion of next-nearest neighbors and on growing the system size.

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@article{arxiv.1202.2417,
  title  = {Critical wave functions in disordered graphene},
  author = {J. E. Barrios-Vargas and Gerardo G. Naumis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.2417},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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