Kinks in buckled graphene uncompressed and compressed in the longitudinal direction
Abstract
In this Chapter we provide a review of the main results obtained in the modeling of graphene kinks and antikinks, which are elementary topological excitations of buckled graphene membranes. We introduce the classification of kinks, as well as discuss kink-antikink scattering, and radiation-kink interaction. We also report some new findings including i) the evidence that the kinetic energy of graphene kinks is described by a relativistic expression, and ii) demonstration of damped dynamics of kinks in membranes compressed in the longitudinal direction. Special attention is paid to highlight the similarities and differences between the graphene kinks and kinks in the classical scalar theory. The unique properties of graphene kinks discussed in this Chapter may find applications in nanoscale motion.
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@article{arxiv.2011.13541,
title = {Kinks in buckled graphene uncompressed and compressed in the longitudinal direction},
author = {R. D. Yamaletdinov and Y. V. Pershin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13541},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
To be published in Properties and Functionalization of Graphene, edited by Tandabany. D. & Hagelberg. F., Boston: Elsevier Inc (2021)