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When electrons are confined in two-dimensional (2D) materials, quantum mechanically enhanced transport phenomena, as exemplified by the quantum Hall effects (QHE), can be observed. Graphene, an isolated single atomic layer of graphite, is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yuanbo Zhang , Yan-Wen Tan , Horst L. Stormer , Philip Kim

We studied the magneto-transport properties of graphene prepared by exfoliation on a III V semiconductor substrate. Tuneability of the carrier density of graphene was achieved by using a doped GaAs substrate as a back-gate. A GaAs/AlAs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-25 Mirosław Woszczyna , Miriam Friedemann , Klaus Pierz , Thomas Weimann , Franz J. Ahlers

Graphene is a powerful playground for studying a plethora of quantum phenomena. One of the remarkable properties of graphene arises when it is strained in particular geometries and the electrons behave as if they were under the influence of…

Multi-layer epitaxial graphene (MEG) is investigated using far infrared (FIR) transmission experiments in the different limits of low magnetic fields and high temperatures. The cyclotron-resonance like absorption is observed at low…

We study the broadband optical conductivity and ultrafast carrier dynamics of epitaxial graphene in the few-layer limit. Equilibrium spectra of nominally buffer, monolayer, and multilayer graphene exhibit significant terahertz and…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-05-02 H. Choi , F. Borondics , D. A. Siegel , S. Y. Zhou , M. C. Martin , A. Lanzara , R. A. Kaindl

We present a new fabrication method for epitaxial graphene on SiC which enables the growth of ultra-smooth defect- and bilayer-free graphene sheets with an unprecedented reproducibility, a necessary prerequisite for wafer-scale fabrication…

A new model for graphene, epitaxially grown on silicon carbide is proposed. Density functional theory modelling of epitaxial graphene functionalization by hydrogen, fluorine and phenyl groups has been performed with hydrogen and fluorine…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-03-08 D. W. Boukhvalov

We demonstrate that the carrier concentration of epitaxial graphene devices grown on the C-face of a SiC substrate is efficiently modulated by a buried gate. The gate is fabricated via the implantation of nitrogen atoms in the SiC crystal,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-14 B. Jouault , N. Camara , B. Jabakhanji , A. Caboni , C. Consejo , P. Godignon , D. K. Maude , J. Camassel

Intercalation of atomic species through epitaxial graphene layers began only a few years following its initial report in 2004. The impact of intercalation on the electronic properties of the graphene is well known; however, the intercalant…

Epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide, or epigraphene, provides an excellent platform for Hall sensing devices in terms of both high electrical quality and scalability. However, the challenge in controlling its carrier density has thus far…

Graphene, consisting of an inert, thermally stable material with an atomically flat, dangling bond-free surface is by essence an ideal template layer for van der Waals heteroepitaxy of two-dimensional materials such as silicene. However,…

Graphene is a monoatomic layer of graphite with Carbon atoms arranged in a two dimensional honeycomb lattice configuration. It has been known for more than sixty years that the electronic structure of graphene can be modelled by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-09 Jiannis K. Pachos

Graphene has emerged as a promising material for next-generation electronic and thermal devices owing to its exceptional charge transport and thermal conductivity. However, high-quality samples are predominantly obtained via mechanical…

Quasi-free standing epitaxial graphene is obtained on SiC(0001) by hydrogen intercalation. The hydrogen moves between the 6root3 reconstructed initial carbon layer and the SiC substrate. The topmost Si atoms which for epitaxial graphene are…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-11 C. Riedl , C. Coletti , T. Iwasaki , A. A. Zakharov , U. Starke

We analyse doping of graphene grown on SiC in two models which differ by the source of charge transfered to graphene, namely, from SiC surface and from bulk donors. For each of the two models, we find the maximum electron density induced in…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-09-20 Sergey Kopylov , Alexander Tzalenchuk , Sergey Kubatkin , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

We report a direct correlation between carrier mobility and Raman topography of epitaxial graphene (EG) grown on silicon carbide (SiC). We show the Hall mobility of material on the Si-face of SiC [SiC(0001)] is not only highly dependent on…

Imprinting magnetism into graphene makes an important step to its applications in spintronics. An actively explored approach is proximity coupling of graphene to a 2D magnet. In these endeavors, the use of epitaxial graphene may bring…

Epitaxial graphene on SiC possesses, quite remarkably, an electron spectrum similar to that of freestanding samples. Yet, the coupling to the substrate, albeit small, affects the quasiparticle properties. Combining \emph{ab initio}…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Oleg Pankratov , Stephan Hensel , Michel Bockstedte

Electronic devices using epitaxial graphene on Silicon Carbide require encapsulation to avoid uncontrolled doping by impurities deposited in ambient conditions. Additionally, interaction of the graphene monolayer with the substrate causes…

In order to exploit the intriguing optical properties of graphene it is essential to gain a better understanding of the light-matter interaction in the material on ultrashort timescales. Exciting the Dirac fermions with intense ultrafast…