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We demonstrate a flip-chip device for performing low-temperature acoustoelectric measurements on exfoliated two-dimensional materials. With this device, we study gate-tunable acoustoelectric transport in an exfoliated monolayer graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-22 J. R. Lane , L. Zhang , M. A. Khasawneh , B. N. Zhou , E. A. Henriksen , J. Pollanen

Improved fabrication techniques have enabled the possibility of ballistic transport and unprecedented spin manipulation in ultraclean graphene devices. Spin transport in graphene is typically probed in a nonlocal spin valve and is analyzed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-25 Marc Vila , Jose H. Garcia , Aron W. Cummings , Stephen R. Power , Christoph W. Groth , Xavier Waintal , Stephan Roche

Graphene has emerged as a paradigmatic material in condensed matter physics due to its exceptional electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties. A deep understanding of its thermoelectric transport behavior is crucial for the development…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Juan A. Cañas , Daniel A. Bonilla , A. Martín-Ruiz

Spin Hall effects have surged as promising phenomena for spin logics operations without ferromagnets. However, the magnitude of the detected electric signals at room temperature in metallic systems has been so far underwhelming. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-07 W. Savero Torres , J. F. Sierra , L. A. Benítez , F. Bonell , M. V. Costache , S. O. Valenzuela

A longstanding goal of research in semiconductor spintronics is the ability to inject, modulate, and detect electron spin in a single device. A simple prototype consists of a lateral semiconductor channel with two ferromagnetic contacts,…

We achieve tunneling spin injection from Co into single layer graphene (SLG) using TiO2 seeded MgO barriers. A non-local magnetoresistance ({\Delta}RNL) of 130 {\Omega} is observed at room temperature, which is the largest value observed in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-17 Wei Han , K. Pi , K. M. McCreary , Yan Li , Jared J. I. Wong , A. G. Swartz , R. K. Kawakami

Spin dependent electron transport measurements on graphene are of high importance to explore possible spintronic applications. Up to date all spin transport experiments on graphene were done in a semi-classical regime, disregarding quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-01 M. H. D. Guimaraes , P. J. Zomer , I. J. Vera-Marun , B. J. van Wees

Graphite is a well-studied material with known electronic and optical properties. Graphene, on the other hand, which is just one layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, has been studied theoretically for quite some time but…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 F. Molitor , D. Graf , C. Stampfer , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin

Monitoring electronic properties of 2D materials is an essential step to open a way for applications such as electronic devices and sensors. From this perspective, Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) is a fairly simple system that offers great…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-17 Jouda Jemaa Khabthani , Ahmed Missaoui , Didier Mayou , Guy Trambly de Laissardière

We investigate theoretically the energy transfer phenomenon in a double-layer graphene (DLG) system in which two layers are coupled due to the Coulomb interlayer interaction without appreciable interlayer tunneling. We use the balance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 B. Bahrami , T. Vazifehshenas

We demonstrate a reliable technique for counting atomic planes (n) of few-layer graphene (FLG) on SiO2/Si substrates by Raman spectroscopy. Our approach is based on measuring the ratio of the integrated intensity of the G graphene peak and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-01 Yee Kan Koh , Myung-Ho Bae , David G. Cahill , Eric Pop

While preserving many of the unusual features of single-layer graphene, few-layer graphene (FLG) provides a richness and flexibility of electronic structure that render this set of materials of great interest for both fundamental studies…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-04 Kin Fai Mak , Matthew Y. Sfeir , James A. Misewich , Tony F. Heinz

We achieve tunneling spin injection from Co into single layer graphene (SLG) using TiO2 seeded MgO barriers. A non-local magnetoresistance ({\Delta}RNL) of 130 {\Omega} is observed at room temperature, which is the largest value observed in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-15 Wei Han , K. Pi , K. M. McCreary , Yan Li , Jared J. I. Wong , A. G. Swartz , R. K. Kawakami

We show spin lifetimes of 12.6 ns and spin diffusion lengths as long as 30.5 \mu m in single layer graphene non-local spin transport devices at room temperature. This is accomplished by the fabrication of Co/MgO-electrodes on a Si/SiO$_2$…

Growth of large-scale graphene is still accompanied by imperfections. By means of a four-tip STM/SEM the local structure of graphene grown on SiC(0001) was correlated with scanning electron microscope images and spatially resolved transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Jens Baringhaus , Frederik Edler , Christoph Neumann , Christoph Stampfer , Stiven Forti , Ulrich Starke , Christoph Tegenkamp

Variable-field Hall measurements were performed on epitaxial graphene grown on Si-face and C-face SiC. The carrier transport involves essentially a single-type of carrier in few-layer graphene, regardless of SiC face. However, in…

We investigate charge transport in pentacene-graphene nanojunctions employing density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations and the Landauer transport formalism. The results show that the unique electronic properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-26 Ivan A. Pshenichnyuk , Pedro B. Coto , Susanne Leitherer , Michael Thoss

Future multi-functional hybrid devices might combine switchable molecules and 2D material-based devices. Spin-crossover compounds are of particular interest in this context since they exhibit bistability and memory effects at room…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 J. Dugay , M. Aarts , M. Giménez-Marqués , T. Kozlova , H. W. Zandbergen , E. Coronado , H. S. J van der Zant

The introduction and control of ferromagnetism in graphene opens up a range of new directions for fundamental and applied studies. Several approaches have been pursued so far, such as introduction of defects, functionalization with adatoms,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-04 J. C. Leutenantsmeyer , A. A. Kaverzin , M. Wojtaszek , B. J. van Wees

Graphynes, a class of two-dimensional carbon allotropes, exhibit exceptional electronic properties, similar to graphene, but with intrinsic band gaps, making them promising for semiconducting applications. The incorporation of acetylene…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-28 Elif Unsal , Alessandro Pecchia , Alexander Croy , Gianaurelio Cuniberti