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Electric transport and magnetic properties in multilayer graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2008-01-31 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We discuss electric transport and orbital magnetism of multilayer graphenes in a weak-magnetic field using the matrix decomposition technique. At zero temperature, the minimum conductivity is given by that of the monolayer system multiplied by the layer number NN, independent of the interlayer hopping tt. When the interlayer hopping satisfies the condition t/τt\gg \hbar/\tau with τ\tau being collision time of impurity scattering, [N/2][N/2] kinks and [N/2]+1[N/2]+1 plateaux appear in the Fermi-energy (gate voltage) dependence of the conductivity and the Hall conductivity, respectively. These behaviors are interpreted as multiband effects. We also found that the Hall conductivity and the magnetic susceptibility take minimum value as a function of temperature, for certain value of the gate voltage. This behavior is explained by Fermi-energy dependence of these functions at zero temperature.

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@article{arxiv.0711.2940,
  title  = {Electric transport and magnetic properties in multilayer graphene},
  author = {Masaaki Nakamura and Lila Hirasawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.2940},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages, 11 figures