Quantum capacitance and density of states of graphene
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2010-07-28 v1
Abstract
We report on measurements of the quantum capacitance in graphene as a function of charge carrier density. A resonant LC-circuit giving high sensitivity to small capacitance changes is employed. The density of states, which is directly proportional to the quantum capacitance, is found to be significantly larger than zero at and around the charge neutrality point. This finding is interpreted to be a result of potential fluctuations with amplitudes of the order of 100 meV in good agreement with scanning single-electron transistor measurements on bulk graphene and transport studies on nanoribbons.
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@article{arxiv.1001.4690,
title = {Quantum capacitance and density of states of graphene},
author = {S. Dröscher and P. Roulleau and F. Molitor and P. Studerus and C. Stampfer and T. Ihn and K. Ensslin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.4690},
year = {2010}
}