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It is commonly believed that weak light-matter interactions in low-mobility graphene dramatically limits tunability of graphene-based optoelectronic devices, such as tunable absorbers or switches. In this paper, we develop and use a simple…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-11 Xuchen Wang , Sergei A. Tretyakov

Graphene is a very promising material for nanoelectronics applications due to its unique and remarkable electronic and thermal properties. However, when deposited on metallic electrodes the overall thermal conductivity is significantly…

Inelastic electron tunneling provides a low-energy pathway for the excitation of surface plasmons and light emission. We theoretically investigate tunnel junctions based on metals and graphene. We show that graphene is potentially a highly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-28 Kelvin J. A. Ooi , Hong Son Chu , Chang Yu Hsieh , Dawn T. H. Tan , Lay Kee Ang

Controlling, detecting and generating propagating plasmons by all-electrical means is at the heart of on-chip nano-optical processing. Graphene carries long-lived plasmons that are extremely confined and controllable by electrostatic…

The interest in two-dimensional and layered materials continues to expand, driven by the compelling properties of individual atomic layers that can be stacked and/or twisted into synthetic heterostructures. The plethora of electronic…

This review covers recent experimental progress in probing the electronic properties of graphene and how they are influenced by various substrates, by the presence of a magnetic field and by the proximity to a superconductor. The focus is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-23 Eva Y. Andrei , Guohong Li , Xu Du

Graphene photonics has emerged as a promising platform for providing desirable optical functionality. However, graphene's monolayer-scale thickness fundamentally restricts the available light matter interaction, posing a critical design…

Optics · Physics 2017-05-11 PoHan Chang , Charles Lin , Amr S. Helmy

Supercapacitors store energy via the formation of an electric double layer, which generates a strong electric field at the electrode-electrolyte interface. Unlike conventional metallic electrodes, graphene-derived materials suffer from a…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-12 Maxwell D. Radin , Tadashi Ogitsu , Minoru Otani , Juergen Biener , Brandon C. Wood

In this article, a few-layered graphene-dielectric multilayer (metamaterial) electro-optic modulator has been proposed in the mid and far infrared range that works on electro-absorption mechanism. Graphene, both mono layer and few layer, is…

Graphene - a monolayer of carbon atoms densely packed into a hexagonal lattice - has one of the strongest possible atomic bonds and can be viewed as a robust atomic-scale scaffold, to which other chemical species can be attached without…

Understanding the interactions of ambient molecules with graphene and adjacent dielectrics is of fundamental importance for a range of graphene-based devices, particularly sensors, where such interactions could influence the operation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-30 Eric J. Olson , Rui Ma , Tao Sun , Mona A. Ebrish , Nazila Haratipour , Kyoungmin Min , Narayana R. Aluru , Steven J. Koester

The authors report on synthesis and thermal properties of the electrically-conductive thermal interface materials with the hybrid graphene-metal particle fillers. The thermal conductivity of resulting composites was increased by ~500% in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Vivek Goyal , Alexander A. Balandin

We report on the etching of graphene devices with a helium ion beam, including in situ electrical measurement during lithography. The etching process can be used to nanostructure and electrically isolate different regions in a graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-08 M. C. Lemme , D. C. Bell , J. R. Williams , L. A. Stern , B. W. H. Baugher , P. Jarillo-Herrero , C. M. Marcus

Graphene is the physical realization of many fundamental concepts and phenomena in solid state-physics, but in the long list of graphene remarkable properties, a fundamental block is missing: superconductivity. Making graphene…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-05-20 Gianni Profeta , Matteo Calandra , Francesco Mauri

Graphene has many unique properties that make it an ideal material for fundamental studies as well as for potential applications. Here we review the recent results on the Raman spectroscopy and imaging of graphene. Raman spectroscopy and…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-10-17 Zhen hua Ni , Ying ying Wang , Ting Yu , Ze xiang Shen

Many of the proposed future applications of graphene require the controlled introduction of defects into its perfect lattice. Energetic ions provide one way of achieving this challenging goal. Single heavy ions with kinetic energies in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-09-27 S. Akcöltekin , H. Bukowska , T. Peters , O. Osmani , I. Monnet , I. Alzaher , B. Ban d'Etat , H. Lebius , M. Schleberger

Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. It was first obtained by exfoliation of graphite in 2004 and has since evolved into a thriving research topic because of its attractive mechanical, thermal,…

Optics · Physics 2014-06-04 Philippe Tassin , Thomas Koschny , Costas M. Soukoulis

Using a scanning electron microscope, we observed a reproducible, discrete distribution of secondary electron intensity stemming from an atomically thick graphene film on a thick insulating substrate. The discrete distribution made it…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-09-29 Hidefumi Hiura , Hisao Miyazaki , Kazuhito Tsukagoshi

Semi-permeable membranes are important elements in water purification and energy generation applications, for which the atomic thickness and strength of graphene can enhance efficiency and permeation rate while maintaining good selectivity.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 Robin J. Dolleman , Allard J. Katan , Herre S. J. van der Zant , Peter G. Steeneken

Graphene, as a promising material of post-silicon electronics, opens a new paradigm for the novel electronic properties and device applications. On the other hand, the 2D feature of graphene makes it technically challenging to be integrated…