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Transport in finite graphene samples

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2010-06-14 v2

Abstract

We study the DC transport of finite graphene samples with random gap. Using Dirac fermions to describe the low-energy physics near the Dirac point, we employ a generalized Drude form for the conductivity. The latter is constant for a vanishing average gap but always decreases with increasing sample size for a nonzero average gap. The asymptotic conductivity of the infinite sample is either nonzero if the average gap is smaller than a critical value or zero otherwise. Our results are in agreement with recent numerical calculations of Bardarson et al..

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@article{arxiv.1002.3734,
  title  = {Transport in finite graphene samples},
  author = {K. Ziegler and A. Sinner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3734},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, improved figures, 2 figures added

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