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Graphene is a two-dimensional (2D) semimetal with high mobility in charge carriers due to the existence of Dirac points. Silicene is another promising material, with properties analog to graphene. Many silicon (Si) based electronic devices…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-07 K M Abeywickrama , P K D D P Pitigala , W W P De Silva

We report on a comparative structural characterization of two types of high quality epitaxial graphene layers grown by CVD on 4H-SiC(0001). The layers under study are a single layer graphene on top of a buffer layer and a…

It is significant to prepare large area of high quality graphene for the study of the characteristics of graphene and the research of the nano-devices based on graphene. This paper summarizes the experiment progresses and mechanism of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-01 Tian Yuan , Zhao Qian-Ying , Hu Jing , Zhou Chen , Miao Ling , Jiang Jian-Jun

This article reviews silicene, a relatively new allotrope of silicon, which can also be viewed as the silicon version of graphene. Graphene is a two-dimensional material with unique electronic properties qualitatively different from those…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-04-24 L. C. Lew Yan Voon , G. G. Guzmán-Verri

Graphene bilayer systems are known to exhibit a band gap when the layer symmetry is broken, by applying a perpendicular electric field. The resulting band structure resembles that of a conventional semiconductor with a parabolic dispersion.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-03 Søren Schou Gregersen , Jesper Goor Pedersen , Stephen R. Power , Antti-Pekka Jauho

In order to exploit the intriguing optical properties of graphene it is essential to gain a better understanding of the light-matter interaction in the material on ultrashort timescales. Exciting the Dirac fermions with intense ultrafast…

Quasi-free standing epitaxial graphene is obtained on SiC(0001) by hydrogen intercalation. The hydrogen moves between the 6root3 reconstructed initial carbon layer and the SiC substrate. The topmost Si atoms which for epitaxial graphene are…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-11 C. Riedl , C. Coletti , T. Iwasaki , A. A. Zakharov , U. Starke

Controlling the type and density of charge carriers by doping is the key step for developing graphene electronics. However, direct doping of graphene is rather a challenge. Based on first-principles calculations, a concept of overcoming…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-26 Bing Huang , Hongjun Xiang , Su-Huai Wei

We present a structural analysis of the graphene-4HSiC(0001) interface using surface x-ray reflectivity. We find that the interface is composed of an extended reconstruction of two SiC bilayers. The interface directly below the first…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Hass , J. E. Millan-Otoya , P. N. First , E. H. Conrad

We combine {\em ab initio} density functional theory (DFT) structural studies with DFT-based nonequilibrium Green function calculations to investigate how the presence of non-hexagonal rings affects electronic transport in graphitic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-26 Zhen Zhu , Zacharias G. Fthenakis , David Tomanek

Classical molecular-dynamics simulations were carried out to study epitaxial growth of graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) substrate. It was found that there exists a threshold annealing temperature above which we observe formation of graphitic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 N. Jakse , R. Arifin , S. K. Lai

We report on electronic properties of graphene synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on copper then transferred to SiO2/Si. Wafer-scale (up to 4 inches) graphene films have been synthesized, consisting dominantly of monolayer…

The electronic and transport properties of aluminum-graphene composite materials were investigated using ab initio plane wave density functional theory. The interfacial structure is reported for several configurations. In some cases, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-12 K. Nepal , C. Ugwumadu , K. N. Subedi , K. Kappagantula , D. A. Drabold

The successful fabrication of single layer graphene has greatly stimulated the progress of the research on graphene. In this article, focusing on the basic electronic and transport properties of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), we review the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bing Huang , Qimin Yan , Zuanyi Li , Wenhui Duan

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials integrated with graphene offer a compelling platform for next-generation spintronic devices, yet nickel in its 2D form remains largely unexplored, due to fundamental synthesis limitations. Here, we…

The electronic structure of graphene on Cu(111) and Cu(100) single crystals is investigated using low energy electron microscopy, low energy electron diffraction and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. On both substrates the graphene…

This paper explores the transport properties of aluminum-carbon composite material via ab initio methods. Interfacial and electronic dynamics of the aluminum-graphene interface structure were investigated using models of amorphous graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-12 K. Nepal , C. Ugwumadu , A. Gautam , K. Kappagantula , D. A. Drabold

The atomic and electronic structures of a graphene layer on top of the $(2\times2)$ reconstruction of the SiC (000$\bar{1}$) surface are studied from ab initio calculations. At variance with the (0001) face, no C bufferlayer is found here.…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 L. Magaud , F. Hiebel , F. Varchon , P. Mallet , J. -Y. Veuillen

We demonstrate the fabrication of an ultra thin gallium film, also known as gallenene, beneath epitaxial graphene on 6H-SiC under ambient conditions triggered by liquid gallium intercalation. Gallenene has been fabricated using the liquid…

Graphene oxide (GO) flakes have been deposited to bridge the gap between two epitaxial graphene electrodes to produce all-graphene devices. Electrical measurements indicate the presence of Schottky barriers (SB) at the graphene/graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-07-07 Xiaosong Wu , Mike Sprinkle , Xuebin Li , Fan Ming , Claire Berger , Walt A. de Heer