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We determine the stability, the geometry, the electronic and magnetic structure of hydrogen-terminated graphene-nanoribbons edges as a function of the hydrogen content of the environment by means of density functional theory.…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-08-28 Tobias Wassmann , Ari P. Seitsonen , A. Marco Saitta , Michele Lazzeri , Francesco Mauri

We investigate, in the framework of macroscopic Dirac model, the spectrum, charge density and conductivity of metallic armchair graphene nanoribbons in presence of different mass terms. We reveal the conditions and symmetries governing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 C. G. Beneventano , I. V. Fialkovsky , M. Nieto , E. M. Santangelo

We study edge-states in graphene systems where a bulk energy gap is opened by inversion symmetry breaking. We find that the edge-bands dispersion can be controlled by potentials applied on the boundary with unit cell length scale. Under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-03-11 Wang Yao , Shengyuan A. Yang , Qian Niu

As a particular application of the earlier proposed model of graphene as a macromolecule, we found the exact analytical expression of dispersion relation for the band of edge states in graphene zigzag ribbons. This band is often referred to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-08 Lyuba Malysheva , Alexander Onipko

This paper presents electronic spectra of zigzag and armchair graphene nanoribbons calculated within the tight-binding model for pi-electrons. Zigzag and armchair nanoribbons of different edge geometries are considered, with surface…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-06 Jaroslaw Klos

Based on a first-principles approach, we present scaling rules for the band gaps of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) as a function of their widths. The GNRs considered have either armchair or zigzag shaped edges on both sides with hydrogen…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Young-Woo Son , Marvin L. Cohen , Steven G. Louie

We report the emergence of electronic edge states in time-periodically driven strained armchair terminated graphene nanoribbons. This is done by considering a short-pulse spatial-periodic strain field. Then, the tight-binding Hamiltonian of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Pedro Roman-Taboada , Gerardo G. Naumis

A zigzag edge of a graphene nanoribbon supports localized zero modes, ignoring interactions. Based mainly on mean field arguments and numerical approaches, it has been suggested that interactions can produce a large magnetic moment on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Hamed Karimi , Ian Affleck

Topological aspects of graphene are reviewed focusing on the massless Dirac fermions with/without magnetic field. Doubled Dirac cones of graphene are topologically protected by the chiral symmetry. The quantum Hall effect of the graphene is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-30 Yasuhiro Hatsugai

Electronic states at the ends of a narrow armchair nanoribbon give rise to a pair of non-locally entangled spins. We propose two experiments to probe these magnetic states, based on magnetometry and tunneling spectroscopy, in which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-23 Michael Golor , Cornelie Koop , Thomas C. Lang , Stefan Wessel , Manuel J. Schmidt

Graphene properties can be manipulated by a periodic potential. Based on the tight-binding model, we study graphene under a one-dimensional (1D) modulated magnetic field which contains both a uniform and a staggered component. New chiral…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-01-18 Lei Xu , Jin An , Chang-De Gong

It is known that zigzag graphene edge is able to support edge states: there is a non-dispersive single-electron band localized near the zigzag edge. However, it is generally believed that no edge states exist near the armchair edge. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 P. A. Maksimov , A. V. Rozhkov , A. O. Sboychakov

The paper addresses boundary electronic properties of graphene with a complex edge structure of the armchair/zigzag/armchair type. It is shown that the finite zigzag region supports edge bound states with discrete equidistant spectrum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-02 Grigory Tkachov

By considering the continuous model for graphene, we analytically study a special gauge field for the edge state. The gauge field explains the properties of the edge state such as the existence only on the zigzag edge, the partial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ken-ichi Sasaki , Shuichi Murakami , Riichiro Saito

We study the low energy edge states of bilayer graphene in a strong perpendicular magnetic field. Several possible simple boundaries geometries related to zigzag edges are considered. Tight-binding calculations reveal three types of edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Victoria Mazo , Efrat Shimshoni , Herbert A. Fertig

While usual edge states in the quantum Hall effect(QHE) reside between adjacent Landau levels, QHE in graphene has a peculiar edge mode at E=0 that reside right within the n=0 Landau level as protected by the chiral symmetry. We have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-04 Mitsuhiro Arikawa , Yasuhiro Hatsugai , Hideo Aoki

The electronic states on a finite width $\alpha-\mathcal{T}_3$ ribbon in a magnetic field are studied in the framework of low-energy effective theory. Both zigzag and armchair types of boundary conditions are analyzed. The analytical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-27 O. V. Bugaiko , D. O. Oriekhov

In neutral graphene dots the Fermi level coincides with the Dirac points. We have investigated in the presence of a magnetic field several unusual properties of single electron states near the Fermi level of such a rectangular-shaped…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-24 S. C. Kim , P. S. Park , S. -R. Eric Yang

We discuss topological aspects of electronic properties of graphene, including edge effects, with the tight-binding model on a honeycomb lattice and its extensions to show the following: (i) Appearance of the pairn of massless Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Hatsugai , T. Fukui , H. Aoki

With the help of transfer matrix method, the conditions for the existence of the edge states in the semi-infinite armchair edged graphene is given. We discuss zero-energy and non-zero-energy edge states separately, and show the nonexistence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Yuanyuan Zhao , Wei Li , Ruibao Tao