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The 1+1 layer folded graphene sheets that deviate from AB stacking are successfully fabricated and their electronic structures are investigated by Raman spectroscopy. Significant blue shift of the 2D band of folded graphene compared to that…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhenhua Ni , Yingying Wang , Ting Yu , Yumeng You , Zexiang Shen

In this paper, we analytically investigate the electronic structure of Bernal stacking (AB stacking) graphene evolving from monolayer (a zero-gap semiconductor with a linear Dirac-like spectrum around the Fermi energy) to multi-layer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. F. Wang , Huaixiu Zheng , Q. W. Shi , Jie Chen , Jinlong Yang , J. G. Hou

Few-layer graphene (FLG) has been predicted to exist in various crystallographic stacking sequences, which can strongly influence the electronic properties of FLG. We demonstrate an accurate and efficient method to characterize stacking…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-02-01 Chun Hung Lui , Zhiqiang Li , Zheyuan Chen , Paul V. Klimov , Louis E. Brus , Tony F. Heinz

Following the discovery of graphene, keen attentions have been paid in comprehending the noticeably superior electromagnetic, optical and absorptive properties of few layer graphene (FLG) with rotational-stacking-faults. With achieving…

Small-twist-angle bilayer graphene supports strongly correlated insulating states and superconductivity. Twisted few-layer graphene systems are likely to open up new directions for strong correlation physics in moir\'e superlattices. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-30 Xiao Li , Fengcheng Wu , Allan H. MacDonald

Few layer graphene (FLG) was synthesized by $\mu$-wave assisted exfoliation of expanded graphite in toluene with an overall yield from c.a. 7% to 20%. A significant difference in the absorption of $\mu$-waves by the expanded graphite and…

The recent discovery of graphene has sparked significant interest, which has so far been focused on the peculiar electronic structure of this material, in which charge carriers mimic massless relativistic particle. However, the structure of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jannik C. Meyer , A. K. Geim , M. I. Katsnelson , K. S. Novoselov , T. J. Booth , S. Roth

We have studied theoretically, using density functional theory, several materials properties when going from one C layer in graphene to two and three g raphene layers and on to graphite. The properties we have focused on are the elastic…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Mattias Klintenberg , Sébastien Lebègue , Carlos Ortiz , Biplab Sanyal , Olle Eriksson

How atoms acquire three-dimensional bulk character is one of the fundamental questions in materials science. Before addressing this question, how atomic layers become a bulk crystal might give a hint to the answer. While atomically thin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-28 Ryuta Yagi , Taiki Hirahara , Ryoya Ebisuoka , Tomoaki Nakasuga , Shingo Tajima , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) provides a fascinating platform for engineering flat bands and inducing correlated phenomena. By designing the stacking architecture of graphene layers, twisted multilayer graphene can exhibit different…

The exceptional mechanical properties of graphene have made it attractive for nano-mechanical devices and functional composite materials. Two key aspects of graphene's mechanical behavior are its elastic and adhesive properties. These are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Scott Scharfenberg , D. Z. Rocklin , Cesar Chialvo , Richard L. Weaver , Paul M. Goldbart , Nadya Mason

Four series of PLA based composite films containing horizontally aligned few layer graphene (FLG) flakes of high aspect ratio and adsorbed albumin are prepared. The mechanical and thermal properties vary with percentage, dispersion degree…

Molecules intercalating two-dimensional (2D) materials form complex structures that have been mostly characterized by spatially averaged techniques. Here we use aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and…

The in-plane shear modes between neighbor-layers of 2-4 layer graphenes (LGs) and the corresponding graphene scrolls rolled up by 2-4LGs were investigated by Raman scattering. In contrast to that just one shear mode was observed in 3-4LGs,…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-06-11 Ping-Heng Tan , Jiang-Bin Wu , Wen-Peng Han , Wei-Jie Zhao , Xin Zhang , Hui Wang , Yu-Fang Wang

Graphene and few-layer graphene at high bias expose a wealth of phenomena due to the high temperatures reached. With in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) we observe directly how the current modifies the structure, and vice versa.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 Amelia Barreiro , Felix Boerrnert , Mark H. Ruemmeli , Bernd Buechner , Lieven M. K. Vandersypen

We have used scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to resolve the spatial variation of the density of states of twisted graphene layers on top of a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite substrate. Owing to the twist a moire pattern…

Novel materials are in great demand for future applications. The discovery of graphene, a one atom thick carbon layer, holds the promise for unique device architectures and functionalities exploiting unprecedented physical phenomena. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-25 M. F. Craciun , S. Russo , M. Yamamoto , S. Tarucha

The surface states of ABC-stacked few-layer graphene (FLG) are studied based on density-functional theory. These states form flat bands near the Fermi level, with the k-space range increasing with the layer number. Based on a tight-binding…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-07-05 Jia-An Yan , W. Y. Ruan , M. Y. Chou

While graphene is a semi-metal, a recently synthesized hydrogenated graphene called graphane, is an insulator. We have probed the transformation of graphene upon hydrogenation to graphane within the framework of density functional theory.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-05 Prachi Chandrachud , Bhalchandra S Pujari , Soumyajyoti Haldar , Biplab Sanyal , D G Kanhere

Among the many interesting features displayed by graphene, one of the most attractive is the simplicity with which its electronic structure can be described. The study of its physical properties is significantly simplified by the linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 S. R. Power , M. S. Ferreira