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Density functional theory calculations are used to investigate the electronic structures of localized states at reconstructed armchair graphene edges. We consider graphene nanoribbons with two different edge types and obtain the energy band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-03 Changwon Park , Jisoon Ihm , Gunn Kim

We investigate the structural and electronic properties of Li-intercalated monolayer graphene on SiC(0001) using combined angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles density functional theory. Li intercalates at room…

We investigate the conductivity of graphene sheet deformed over a gate. The effect of the deformation on the conductivity is twofold: The lattice distortion can be represented as pseudovector potential in the Dirac equation formalism,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 M. V. Medvedyeva , Ya. M. Blanter

The absence of an energy gap separating valence and conduction bands makes the low-energy electronic properties of graphene and its multi-layers sensitive to electron-electron interactions. In bilayers, for instance, interactions are…

We analyse the interaction between charges and graphene layers. The electric polarisability of graphene induces a force, that can be described by an image charge. The analysis shows that graphene can be described as an imperfect conductor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-27 Francisco Guinea , Niels R. Walet

In this work, we perform ab initio calculations, based on the density functional theory, of the effects on the graphene bilayer when we intercalate carbon atoms between the layers. We use the unit cell of the bilayer to construct larger…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 A. K. M. Pinto , N. F. Frazão , D. L. Azevedo , F. Moraes

Using density-functional theory, we calculate the electronic bandstructure of single-layer graphene on top of hexagonal In_2Te_2 monolayers. The geometric configuration with In and Te atoms at centers of carbon hexagons leads to a Kekule'…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-02 Gianluca Giovannetti , Massimo Capone , Jeroen van den Brink , Carmine Ortix

We study the effects of polarizable substrates such as SiO2 and SiC on the carrier dynamics in graphene. We find that the quasiparticle spectrum acquires a finite broadening due to the long-range interaction with the polar modes at the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Fratini , F. Guinea

Local curvature, or bending, of a graphene sheet is known to increase the chemical reactivity presenting an opportunity for templated chemical functionalization. Using first principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT)…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-08-12 Jesper Toft Rasmussen , Tue Gunst , Peter Bøggild , Antti-Pekka Jauho , Mads Brandbyge

Graphene/MoS2 heterostructures are formed by combining the nanosheets of graphene and monolayer MoS2. The electronic features of both constituent monolayers are rather well-preserved in the resultant heterostructure due to the weak van der…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-13 Sobhit Singh , Abdulrhman M. Alsharari , Sergio E. Ulloa , Aldo H. Romero

We study the orbital effect of a strong magnetic field parallel to the layers on the energy spectrum of the Bernal-stacked graphene bilayer and multilayers, including graphite. We consider the minimal model with the electron tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-15 Sergey S. Pershoguba , Victor M. Yakovenko

We report on first-principles calculations of spin-dependent properties in graphene induced by its interaction with a nearby magnetic insulator (Europium oxide, EuO). The magnetic proximity effect results in spin polarization of graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-01-30 H. -X. Yang , A. Hallal , D. Terrade , X. Waintal , S. Roche , M. Chshiev

GaN based high electron mobility transistors show promise in numerous device applications which elicits the need for accurate models of bulk, surface, and interface electronic properties. We detail here a hybrid density functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-20 Eric Welch , Luisa Scolfaro

As graphene became one of the most important materials today, there is a renewed interest on others similar structures. One example is silicene, the silicon analogue of graphene. It share some the remarkable graphene properties, such as the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-06 T. Botari , E. Perim , P. A. S. Autreto , A. C. T. van Duin , R. Paupitz , D. S. Galvao

Rotated graphene multilayers form a new class of graphene related systems with electronic properties that drastically depend on the rotation angles. It has been shown that bilayers behave like two isolated graphene planes for large rotation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-11 G. Trambly de Laissardière , D. Mayou , L. Magaud

We present exemplary results of extensive studies of mechanical, electronic and transport properties of covalent functionalization of graphene monolayers (GML) with -NH2. We report new results of ab initio studies of covalent…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-24 Karolina Z. Milowska , Jacek A. Majewski

We study the role of long-range electron-electron interactions in a system of two-dimensional anisotropic Dirac fermions, which naturally appear in uniaxially strained graphene, graphene in external potentials, some strongly anisotropic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-07-24 Anand Sharma , Valeri N. Kotov , Antonio H. Castro Neto

We present a comprehensive first-principles Density Functional Theory (DFT) analyses of the interfacial strength and bonding mechanisms between crystalline and amorphous selenium(Se) with graphene(Gr), a promising duo for energy storage…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-02 Vidushi Sharma , David Mitlin , Dibakar Datta

The quantum interaction between molecules and electrode s material at molecules-electrode interfaces is a major ingredient in the electronic transport properties of organic junctions. Driven by the coupling strength between the two…

Novel systems of layered graphene are attracting interest for theories and applications. The stability, band structures of few-layer graphite films, and their dependence on electric field applied along the c-axis are examined within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Masato Aoki , Hiroshi Amawashi