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Recent observation of proximity effect \cite{Morpurgo:2007} has ignited interest in superconductivity in graphene and its derivatives. We consider Ca-intercalated graphene bilayer and argue that it is a superconductor, and likely with a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-03-27 I. I. Mazin , A. V. Balatsky

We investigate the thermal conductivity of suspended graphene as a function of the density of defects, ND, introduced in a controllable way. Graphene layers are synthesized using chemical vapor deposition, transferred onto a transmission…

Van der Waals heterostuctures, made from stacks of two-dimensional materials, exhibit unique light-matter interactions and are promising for novel optoelectronic devices. The performance of such devices is governed by near-field coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-23 Guillaume Froehlicher , Etienne Lorchat , Stéphane Berciaud

We present the magnetoresistance (MR) of highly doped monolayer graphene layers grown by chemical vapor deposition on 6H-SiC. The magnetotransport studies are performed on a large temperature range, from $T$ = 1.7 K up to room temperature.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 B. Jabakhanji , D. Kazazis , W. Desrat , A. Michon , M. Portail , B. Jouault

Research on black phosphorus (BP) has been experiencing a renaissance over the last few years, after the demonstration that few-layer BP exhibits high carrier mobility and a thickness-dependent band gap. For a long time, bulk BP is also…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-05-02 Renyan Zhang , John Waters , Andre K. Geim , Irina V. Grigorieva

Graphene is a 2-dimensional material with high carrier mobility and thermal conductivity, suitable for high-speed electronics. Conduction and valence bands touch at the Dirac point. The absorptivity of single-layer graphene is 2.3%, nearly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-11 Marcus Freitag , Hsin-Ying Chiu , Mathias Steiner , Vasili Perebeinos , Phaedon Avouris

Trying to dope graphite flakes we found that the magnetization of pure, several tens of micrometers grain size graphite powder and after a simple treatment with pure water shows clear and reproducible granular superconducting behavior with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-07-09 T. Scheike , W. Böhlmann , P. Esquinazi , J. Barzola-Quiquia , A. Ballestar , A. Setzer

We present systematic thermal conductivity measurements of suspended thin graphite ribbons, 234-527 nm thick, using a four-probe 3-omega method. Unlike recent reports of phonon hydrodynamics and exceptionally high thermal conductivity in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Wonjae Jeon , Yu Pei , Xun Li , Lucas Lindsay , Sangyeop Lee , Renkun Chen

Here we show, with simultaneous transport and photoemission measurements, that the graphene terminated SiC(0001) surface undergoes a metal-insulator transition (MIT) upon dosingwith small amounts of atomic hydrogen. We find the room…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-16 Aaron Bostwick , Jessica L. McChesney , Konstantin Emtsev , Thomas Seyller , Karsten Horn , Stephan D. Kevan , Eli Rotenberg

We report the superconductivity in Ca-intercalated bilayer graphene C$_6$CaC$_6$, the thinnest limit of Ca graphite intercalation compound. We performed \textit{in situ} electrical transport measurements on pristine bilayer graphene,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-02 S. Ichinokura , K. Sugawara , A. Takayama , T. Takahashi , S. Hasegawa

Recently deiscovered superconductivity in YbC$_6$ and CaC$_6$ at temperatures substantially higher than previously known for intercalated graphites, raised several new questions: (1) Is the mechanism considerably different from the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 I. I. Mazin

Reflectance and transmittance of graphene in the optical region are analyzed as a function of frequency, temperature, and carrier density. We show that the optical graphene properties are determined by the direct interband electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. A. Falkovsky

It has been predicted that application of a strong electric field perpendicular to the plane of bilayer graphene can induce a significant band gap. We have measured the optical conductivity of bilayer graphene with an efficient electrolyte…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Kin Fai Mak , Chun Hung Lui , Jie Shan , Tony F. Heinz

Ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy measurement on monolayer graphene observes significant optical nonlinearities. We show that strongly photoexcited graphene monolayers with 35 fs pulses quasi-instantaneously build up a broadband,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Junhua Zhang , Joerg Schmalian , Tianqi Li , Jigang Wang

Electronic excitations in a graphitic monolayer (graphene) in the long-wavelength approximation are characterized by the linear dispersion law, representing a unique example of the really two-dimensional "ultrarelativistic" fermionic system…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-04 Yu. A. Sitenko , N. D. Vlasii

Different phases of solid boron under high pressure are studied by first principles calculations. The $\alpha$-B$_{12}$ structure is found to be stable up to 270 GPa. Its semiconductor band gap (1.72 eV) decreases continuously to zero…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Jijun Zhao , Jian Ping Lu

The electronic thermal conductivity of graphene and 2D Dirac materials is of fundamental interest and can play an important role in the performance of nano-scale devices. We report the electronic thermal conductivity, $K_{e}$, in suspended…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-01 S. Yiğen , V. Tayari , J. O. Island , J. M. Porter , A. R. Champagne

We investigate the structural and electronic properties of Li-intercalated monolayer graphene on SiC(0001) using combined angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles density functional theory. Li intercalates at room…

Graphene is a material with remarkable electronic properties and exceptional thermal transport properties near room temperature, which have been well examined and understood. However at very low temperatures the thermodynamic and thermal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-02 Kin Chung Fong , Keith Schwab

Graphene has an unusual low-energy band structure with four chiral bands and half-quantized and quantized Hall effects that have recently attracted theoretical and experimental attention. We study the Fermi energy and disorder dependence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. A. Sinitsyn , J. E. Hill , Hongki Min , Jairo Sinova , A. H. MacDonald