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By applying tight binding model, we investigate the electronic and transport properties of randomly distributed Stone-Wales (SW) defects on an armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR). We use four different functions, as distribution functions,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 Mobin Shakeri

The phase space for graphene's minimum conductivity $\sigma_\mathrm{min}$ is mapped out using Landauer theory modified for scattering using Fermi's Golden Rule, as well as the Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) simulation with a Monte…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-11 Redwan N. Sajjad , Frank Tseng , K. M. Masum Habib , Avik W. Ghosh

We aim at quantitatively determining transport parameters like conductivity, mean free path, etc., for simple models of spatially completely disordered quantum systems, comparable to the systems which are sometimes referred to as Lifshitz…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-05-30 A. Khodja , H. Niemeyer , J. Gemmer

Transport properties of single-layer graphene with correlated one-dimensional defects are studied using the time-dependent real-space Kubo-Greenwood formalism. Such defects are present in epitaxial graphene, comprising atomic terraces and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-06 T. M. Radchenko , A. A. Shylau , I. V. Zozoulenko

We investigate the ballistic electron transport in a monolayer graphene with configurational averaged impurities, located between two clean graphene leads. It is shown that the electron transmission are strongly dependent on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-28 Juan Sebastian Ardenghi , Pablo Bechthold , Estela Gonzalez , Paula Jasen , Alfredo Juan

Disordered Fermi-Dirac distributions are used to model, within a straightforward and essentially phenomenological Boltzmann equation approach, the electron/hole transport across graphene puddles. We establish, with striking experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 L. Moriconi , D. Niemeyer

In this paper we systemically study the optical conductivity and density of states of disorded graphene beyond the Dirac cone approximation. The optical conductivity of graphene is computed by using the Kubo formula, within the framework of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-08 Shengjun Yuan , Rafael Roldán , Hans De Raedt , Mikhail I. Katsnelson

The optical conductivity of graphene strained uniaxially is studied within the Kubo-Greenwood formalism. Focusing on inter-band absorption, we analyze and quantify the breakdown of universal transparency in the visible region of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-17 Vitor M. Pereira , R. M. Ribeiro , N. M. R. Peres , A. H. Castro Neto

We measure graphene coplanar waveguides from direct current (DC) to 13.5GHz and show that the apparent resistance (in the presence of parasitic impedances) has an quadratic frequency dependence, but the intrinsic conductivity (without the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 S. A. Awan , A. Lombardo , A. Colli , G. Privitera , T. Kulmala , J. M. Kivioja , M. Koshino , A. C. Ferrari

We study charge transport in one-dimensional graphene superlattices created by applying layered periodic and disordered potentials. It is shown that the transport and spectral properties of such structures are strongly anisotropic. In the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-09 Yury P. Bliokh , Valentin Freilikher , Sergey Savel'ev , Franco Nori

We implement a bottom-up multiscale approach for the modeling of defect localization in $C_{6n^2}H_{6n}$ islands, i.e. graphene quantum dots with a hexagonal symmetry, by means of density functional and semiempirical approaches. Using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-17 I. Deretzis , G. Forte , A. Grassi , A. La Magna , G. Piccitto , R. Pucci

The electric conductance of a strip of undoped graphene increases in the presence of a disorder potential, which is smooth on atomic scales. The phenomenon is attributed to impurity-assisted resonant tunneling of massless Dirac fermions.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-06-13 M. Titov

Using the semi-classical Boltzmann theory, we calculate the conductivity as function of the carrier density. As usually, we include the scattering from charged impurities, but conclude that the estimated impurity density is too low in order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Stauber , N. M. R. Peres , F. Guinea

We calculate the carrier density dependent ground state properties of graphene in the presence of random charged impurities in the substrate taking into account disorder and interaction effects non-perturbatively on an equal footing in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-10-17 Enrico Rossi , S. Das Sarma

We derive the local density of states from itinerant and boundary states around transport barriers and edges in graphene and show that the itinerant states lead to mesoscale undulations that could be used to probe their scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-17 Daniel Gunlycke , Carter T. White

We present transport measurements on quantum dots of sizes 45, 60 and 80 nm etched with an Ar/O2-plasma into a single graphene sheet, allowing a size comparison avoiding effects from different graphene flakes. The transport gaps and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-01 D. Kölbl , D. M. Zumbühl

We investigate the thermal conductivity of suspended graphene as a function of the density of defects, ND, introduced in a controllable way. Graphene layers are synthesized using chemical vapor deposition, transferred onto a transmission…

Anderson localization is a striking phenomenon wherein transport of light is arrested due to the formation of disorder-induced resonances. Hitherto, Anderson localization has been demonstrated separately in two limits of disorder, namely,…

Conductance fluctuations produced by the presence of disorder in zigzag and armchair graphene nanoribbons are studied. We show that quantum transport in zigzag nanoribbons takes place via edge states which are exponentially localized, as in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ioannis Kleftogiannis , Ilias Amanatidis , Victor A. Gopar

Pristine graphene and graphene-based heterostructures exhibit exceptionally high electron mobility and conductance if their surface contains few electron-scattering impurities. Here, we reveal a universal connection between graphene's…