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We employ a semi-classical Langevin approach to study current-induced atomic dynamics in a partially dehydrogenated armchair graphene nanoribbon. All parameters are obtained from density functional theory. The dehydrogenated carbon dimers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-26 Rasmus Bjerregaard Christensen , Jing-Tao Lü , Per Hedegård , Mads Brandbyge

First principles density-functional theory calculations were performed to study the effects of strain, edge passivation, and surface functional species on the structural and electronic properties of armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs)…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-08-07 Xihong Peng , Fu Tang , Andrew Copple

We predict enhanced electron-hole superfluidity in two coupled electron-hole armchair-edge terminated graphene nanoribbons separated by a thin insulating barrier. In contrast to graphene monolayers, the multiple subbands of the nanoribbons…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-10 M. Zarenia , A. Perali , F. M. Peeters , D. Neilson

In this work spin transport in corrugated armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNR) is studied. We survey combined effects of spin-orbit interaction and surface roughness, employing the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism and four…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-29 Zahra Chaghazardi , Shoeib Babaee Touski , Rahim Faez , Mahdi Pourfath

We performed an investigation concerning bipolaron dynamics in armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) under the influence of different electric field and electron-phonon coupling regimes. By studying the response to the electric excitation,…

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are atomically precise stripes of graphene with tunable electronic properties, making them promising for room-temperature switching applications like field-effect transistors (FETs). However, challenges persist…

Graphene has been identified as a promising material with numerous applications, particularly in spintronics. In this paper we investigate the peculiar features of spin excitations of magnetic units deposited on graphene nanoribbons and how…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 F. S. M. Guimarães , J. Duffy , A. T. Costa , R. B. Muniz , M. S. Ferreira

An analytical study of discrete and resonant impurity quasi-Coulomb states in a narrow gaped armchair graphene nanoribbon (GNR) is performed. We employ the adiabatic approximation assuming that the motions parallel ("slow") and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 B. S. Monozon , P. Schmelcher

Among their amazing properties, graphene and related low-dimensional materials show quantized charge-density fluctuations--known as plasmons--when exposed to photons or electrons of suitable energies. Graphene nanoribbons offer an enhanced…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-14 Cristian Vacacela Gomes , Michele Pisarra , Mario Gravina , Jose M. Pitarke , Antonello Sindona

Phonons are responsible for limiting both the electron mobility and the spin relaxation time in solids and provide a mechanism for thermal transport. In view of a possible transistor function as well as spintronics applications in graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-07 Matthias Droth , Guido Burkard

We consider electronic spectra of graphene nanotubes and their perturbation by impurity atoms absorbed at different positions on nanotube surfaces, within the framework of Anderson hybrid model. A special attention is given to the cases…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-17 Y. G. Pogorelov , V. M. Loktev

Graphene ripples possess peculiar essential properties owing to the strong chemical bonds, as an investigation using first principle calculations clearly revealed. Various charge distributions, bond lengths, energy bands, and densities of…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-01-08 Shih-Yang Lin , Shen-Lin Chang , Feng-Lin Shyu , Jian-Ming Lu , Ming-Fa Lin

Using first-principles plane wave calculations we predict that electronic and magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons can be affected by defect-induced itinerant states. The band gaps of armchair nanoribbons can be modified by hydrogen…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-12 M. Topsakal , E. Akturk , H. Sevincli , S. Ciraci

An analysis of the electron localization properties in doped graphene is performed by doing a numerical multifractal analysis. By obtaining the singularity spectrum of a tight-binding model, it is found that the electron wave functions…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-07-01 J. E. Barrios-Vargas , Gerardo G. Naumis

In the effective mass approximation, electronic property in graphene can be characterized by the relativistic Dirac equation. Within such a continuum model we investigate the electronic transport through graphene waveguides formed by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Haidong Li , Lin Wang , Zhihuan Lan , Yisong Zheng

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are one-dimensional nanostructures predicted to display a rich variety of electronic behaviors. Depending on their structure, GNRs realize metallic and semiconducting electronic structures with band gaps that can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-16 Oleg V. Yazyev

Armchair and zigzag edge terminations in planar hexagonal and trigonal graphene nanorings are shown to underlie one-dimensional topological states associated with distinctive energy gaps and patterns (e.g., linear dispersion of the energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-26 Igor Romanovsky , Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman

A remarkable manifestation of the quantum character of electrons in matter is offered by graphene, a single atomic layer of graphite. Unlike conventional solids where electrons are described with the Schrodinger equation, electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-09-16 Z. Q. Li , E. A. Henriksen , Z. Jiang , Z. Hao , M. C. Martin , P. Kim , H. L. Stormer , D. N. Basov

An exact mapping of the tight-binding Hamiltonian for a graphene's nanoribbon under any armchair uniaxial strain into an effective one-dimensional system is presented. As an application, for a periodic modulation we have found a gap opening…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-27 Pedro Roman-Taboada , Gerardo G. Naumis

Starting from an engineered periodic optical structure formed by waveguide arrays comprised of two interleaved lattices, we simulate a deformed Dirac equation. We show that the system also simulate graphene nano ribbons under strain. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 M. R. Setare , P. Majari , C. Noh , Sh. Dehdashti