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Using density functional theory (DFT), we study charge transfer between hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) point defects and graphene in h-BN/graphene heterostructures for a range of intrinsic defects -- nitrogen vacancy, boron vacancy,…

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We discuss the fact that quantum capacitance of graphene-based devices leads to variation of it's charge density under changes of external magnetic field.The charge is conserved, but redistributes to substrate or other graphene sheet. We…

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