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We theoretically revisit graphene transport properties as a function of carrier density, taking into account possible correlations in the spatial distribution of the Coulomb impurity disorder in the environment. We find that the charged…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-06 Qiuzi Li , E. H. Hwang , E. Rossi , S. Das Sarma

We have developed a method for depositing graphene monolayers and bilayers with minimum lateral dimensions of 2-10 nm by the mechanical exfoliation of graphite onto the Si(100)-2x1:H surface. Room temperature, ultra-high vacuum (UHV)…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Kyle A. Ritter , Joseph W. Lyding

We study the infrared conductivity of graphene at finite chemical potential and temperature taking into account the effect of phonons and disorder due to charged impurities and unitary scatterers. The screening of the long-range Coulomb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-10-16 N. M. R. Peres , T. Stauber , A. H. Castro Neto

The emergence of local moments in graphene zigzag edges, grain boundaries, vacancies and sp3 defects has been widely studied theoretically. However, conclusive experimental evidence is scarce. Recent progress in on-surface synthesis has…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Ricardo Ortiz , Joaquín Fernández-Rossier

We introduce the idea that the electronic band structure of a charge density wave system may mimic the electronic structure of graphene. In that case a class of materials quite different from graphene might be opened up to exploit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 John M. Vail , Oscar J. Hernandez , Ming-Su Si , Zhoufei Wang

A residual disorder in the gate system is the main problem on the way to create artificial graphene based on two-dimensional electron gas. The disorder can be significantly screened/reduced due to the many-body effects. To analyse the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 O. A. Tkachenko , V. A. Tkachenko , I. S. Terekhov , O. P. Sushkov

We investigate the density and temperature-dependent conductance of graphene nanoribbons with varying aspect ratio. Transport is dominated by a chain of quantum dots forming spontaneously due to disorder. Depending on ribbon length,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-11 S. Dröscher , H. Knowles , Y. Meir , K. Ensslin , T. Ihn

We report experimental data and theoretical analysis of Coulomb drag between two closely positioned graphene monolayers in weak magnetic field. Close enough to the neutrality point, coexistence of electrons and holes in each layer leads to…

Experimentally produced graphene sheets exhibit a wide range of mobility values. Both extrinsic charged impurities and intrinsic ripples (corrugations) have been suggested to induce long-range disorder in graphene and could be a candidate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-13 Zheyong Fan , Andreas Uppstu , Ari Harju

We show that the low temperature electron transport properties of chemically functionalized graphene can be explained as sequential tunneling of charges through a two dimensional array of graphene quantum dots (GQD). Below 15 K, a total…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Daeha Joung , Lei Zhai , Saiful I. Khondaker

Using high quality graphene pnp junctions, we observe prominent conductance fluctuations on transitions between quantum Hall (QH) plateaus as the top gate voltage Vtg is varied. In the Vtg-B plane, the fluctuations form crisscrossing lines…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Jairo Velasco , Gang Liu , Lei Jing , Philip Kratz , Wenzhong Bao , Marc Bockrath , Chun Ning Lau

Recently, plasmons in graphene have been observed experimentally using scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy. In this paper, we develop a simplified analytical approach to describe the behavior in triangular samples. Replacing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 A. S. Rodin , Z. Fei , A. S. McLeod , M. Wagner , A. H. Castro Neto , M. M. Fogler , D. N. Basov

The recent development of arrays of quantum dots in semiconductor nanostructures highlights the progress of quantum devices toward large scale. However, how to realize such arrays on a scalable platform such as silicon is still an open…

Only one atom thick and not inclined to lattice defects, graphene represents the ultimate crystalline membrane. However, its structure reveals unique features not found in other crystalline membranes, in particular the existence of ripples…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-09-08 Doron Gazit

In this study, we analyze the recently proposed charge transfer fluctuations within a finite pseudo-rapidity space. As the charge transfer fluctuation is a measure of the local charge correlation length, it is capable of detecting…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Sangyong Jeon , Lijun Shi , Marcus Bleicher

Graphene holds great potential for superconductivity due to its pure two-dimensional nature, the ability to tune its carrier density through electrostatic gating, and its unique, relativistic-like electronic properties. At present, we are…

We report on charge detection in electrostatically-defined quantum dot devices in bilayer graphene using an integrated charge detector. The device is fabricated without any etching and features a graphite back gate, leading to high quality…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-18 A. Kurzmann , H. Overweg , M. Eich , A. Pally , P. Rickhaus , R. Pisoni , Y. Lee , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin

The effect of a randomly fluctuating gap, created by a random staggered potential, is studied in a monolayer and a bilayer of graphene. The density of states, the one-particle scattering rate and transport properties (diffusion coefficient…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-03-24 K. Ziegler

The pseudo-magnetic field generated by mechanical strain in graphene can have dramatic consequences on the behavior of electrons and holes. Here we show that pseudo-magnetic field fluctuations present in crumpled graphene can induce…

Conductance fluctuation is usually unavoidable in graphene nanoribbons (GNR) due to the presence of disorder along its edges. By measuring the low-frequency noise in GNR devices, we find that the conductance fluctuation is strongly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 Guangyu Xu , Carlos M. Torres , Emil B. Song , Jianshi Tang , Jingwei Bai , Xiangfeng Duan , Yuegang Zhang , Kang L. Wang