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We investigate in some detail the structure of the electromagnetic current density for the pseudo-relativistic massless spinor effective model for graphene. It is shown that the pseudo-relativistic massless Dirac field theory in {\em 2+1}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Paola Giacconi , Roberto Soldati

We solve the Dirac equation, which describes charge massless chiral relativistic carriers in a two-dimensional graphene. We have identified and analysed a novel pseudospin-dependent scattering effect. We compute the tunneling conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-21 Dima Bolmatov , D. V. Zavialov

We theoretically consider the effect of plasmon collective modes on the frequency-dependent conductivity of graphene in the presence of the random static potential of charged impurities. We develop an equation of motion approach suitable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-09 K. Kechedzhi , S. Das Sarma

We present a quantum analysis of the massless excitations in graphene with a charge impurity. When the effective charge exceeds a certain critical value, the spectrum is quantized and is unbounded from below. The corresponding eigenstates…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-10 Kumar S. Gupta , Siddhartha Sen

Domain wall in bilayer graphene with Rashba spin-orbital coupling and staggered sublattice potentials, at the interface between two domains with different gated voltages, is studied. Varying type of zero-line modes are identified, including…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-14 Ma Luo , Zhibing Li

A two-dimensional model of an electron moving under the influence of an attractive zero-range potential as well as external magnetic and electric fields is analyzed. We prove by numerical investigations that there are formed such resonances…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Katarzyna Krajewska , Jerzy Z. Kaminski

We provide detailed calculation of the a.c. conductivity in the case of 1/r-Coulomb interacting massless Dirac particles in graphene in the collisionless limit when \omega >> T. The analysis of the electron self-energy, current vertex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-23 Vladimir Juricic , Oskar Vafek , Igor F. Herbut

Monolayer graphene in a strong magnetic field exhibits quantum Hall states at filling fractions $\nu = 0$ and $\nu = \pm 1$ that are not explained within a picture of noninteracting electrons. We propose that these states arise from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-27 Bitan Roy , Malcolm P. Kennett , S. Das Sarma

We report the existence of zero energy surface states localized at zigzag edges of bilayer graphene. Working within the tight-binding approximation we derive the analytic solution for the wavefunctions of these peculiar surface states. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-01-16 Eduardo V. Castro , N. M. R. Peres , J. M. B. Lopes dos Santos , A. H. Castro Neto , F. Guinea

We study the changes induced by the effective gauge field due to ripples on the low energy electronic structure of graphene. We show that zero energy Landau levels will form, associated to the smooth deformation of the graphene layer, when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Guinea , M. I. Katsnelson , M. A. H. Vozmediano

The present study explores the edge states in a finite-width graphene ribbon and a semi-infinite geometry subject to a perpendicular magnetic field and an in-plane electric field, applied perpendicular to a zigzag edge. To accomplish this,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-17 A. A. Herasymchuk , S. G. Sharapov , V. P. Gusynin

We predict unusual (for non-relativistic quantum mechanics) electron states in graphene, which are localized within a finite-width potential barrier. The density of localized states in the sufficiently high and/or wide graphene barrier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-12-11 V. A. Yampol'skii , S. E. Savel'ev , Franco Nori

Thermodynamics coupled with quantum features on electron and hole dynamics in Dirac materials is quite interesting and crucial for real device applications. The correlation between the formation of electron-hole puddles in nearer to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Karuppuchamy Navamani

We study localization properties of two-dimensional Dirac fermions subject to a power-law-correlated random vector potential describing, e.g., the effect of "ripples" in graphene. By using a variety of techniques (low-order perturbation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. V. Khveshchenko

Analytical solutions of the Coulomb impurity problem of graphene in the absence of a magnetic field show that when the dimensionless strength of the Coulomb potential $g$ reaches a critical value the solutions become supercritical with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-23 S. C. Kim , S. -R. Eric Yang

The density of states, $\varrho(E)$, of graphene is investigated within the tight binding (H\"uckel) approximation in the presence of vacancies. They induce a non-vanishing density of zero modes, $n_\text{zm}$, that act as midgap states:…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-08-31 Norman Weik , Johannes Schindler , Soumya Bera , Gemma C. Solomon , Ferdinand Evers

Energy band structure of the bilayer graphene superlattices with $\delta$-function magnetic barriers and zero average magnetic flux is studied within the four-band continuum model, using the transfer matrix method. The periodic magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-29 C. Huy Pham , T. Thuong Nguyen , V. Lien Nguyen

Electron states localized at a magnetic domain wall in a graphene caplayer with Rashba spin-orbit interaction and coupled to a magnetic overlayer are studied theoretically. It is shown that two one-dimensional bands of edge modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 M. Inglot , V. K. Dugaev , A. Dyrdał , J. Barnaś

We study the low energy properties of warped monolayer graphene, where the symmetry of the original honeycomb lattice reveals itself. The zero energy solutions are Majorana fermions, whose wavefunction, originating from the corresponding…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-14 Balazs Dora , Miklos Gulacsi , Pasquale Sodano

We explore the spatial variations of the unoccupied electronic states of graphene epitaxially grown on Ru(0001) and observed three unexpected features: the first graphene image state is split in energy, unlike all other image states, the…