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We study the effects of the interaction between electrons and holes on the conductance G of quasi-one-dimensional graphene systems. We first consider as a benchmark the limit in which all interactions are negligible, recovering the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 M. Bazzanella , P. Faccioli , E. Lipparini

The calculated electron mobility for a graphene nanoribbon as a function of applied electric field has been found to have a large threshold field for entering a nonlinear transport regime. This field depends on the lattice temperature,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Danhong Huang , Godfrey Gumbs , O. Roslyak

Numerical calculations have been performed to elucidate unconventional electronic transport properties in disordered nanographene ribbons with zigzag edges (zigzag ribbons). The energy band structure of zigzag ribbons has two valleys that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-07 Katsunori Wakabayashi , Yositake Takane , Masayuki Yamamoto , Manfred Sigrist

The evolution of electronic structure of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) as a function of the number of layers stacked together is investigated using \textit{ab initio} density functional theory (DFT) including interlayer van der Waals…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-10-28 Neerav Kharche , Yu Zhou , Kevin P. O'Brien , Swastik Kar , Saroj K. Nayak

The peculiar nature of electron scattering in graphene is among many exciting theoretical predictions for the physical properties of this material. To investigate electron scattering properties in a graphene plane, we have created a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-06-19 B. Huard , J. A. Sulpizio , N. Stander , K. Todd , B. Yang , D. Goldhaber-Gordon

We have experimentally investigated quantum interference corrections to the conductivity of graphene nanoribbons at temperatures down to 20 mK studying both weak localization (WL) and universal conductance fluctuations (UCF). Since in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-10 S. Minke , J. Bundesmann , D. Weiss , J. Eroms

We study the electron transport through a graphene nanoribbon-superconductor junction. Both zigzag and armchair edge graphene nanoribbons are considered, and the effects of the magnetic field and disorder on the transport property are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

In spite of years of intense research, graphene continues to produce surprising results. Recently, it was experimentally observed that under certain conditions graphene can self-drive its tearing and peeling from substrates. This process…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Alexandre F. Fonseca , Douglas S. Galvao

We investigate the in-plane oscillations of the relaxed shape graphene due to externally applied tensile edge stress along both the armchair and zigzag directions. We show that the total elastic energy density is enhanced with temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Sanjay Prabhakar , Roderick Melnik , Luis L. Bonilla , Shyam Badu

We demonstrate anisotropic etching of single-layer graphene by thermally-activated nickel nanoparticles. Using this technique, we obtain sub-10nm nanoribbons and other graphene nanostructures with edges aligned along a single…

The stress transfer mechanism from a polymer substrate to a nano-inclusion, such as a graphene flake, is of extreme interest for the production of effective nanocomposites. Previous work conducted mainly at the micron scale has shown that…

The conductance of metallic graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with single defects and weak disorder at their edges is investigated in a tight-binding model. We find that a single edge defect will induce quasi-localized states and consequently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-07 T. C. Li , Shao-Ping Lu

Graphene-based nanofolds (GNFs) are edge-connected 2D stacked monolayers originated from single-layer graphene. Graphene-based nanoscrolls (GNSs) are nanomaterials with geometry resembling graphene layers rolled up into a spiral…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-23 Marcelo Lopes Pereira Junior , Luiz Antonio Ribeiro Junior

The atomic structure of nanomaterials is often studied using transmission electron microscopy. In addition to image formation, the energetic electrons may also cause damage while impinging on the sample. In a good conductor such as graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-18 Alexandru I. Chirita Mihaila , Toma Susi , Jani Kotakoski

A review work is done for electronic and optical properties of graphene nanoribbons in magnetic, electric, composite, and modulated fields. Effects due to the lateral confinement, curvature, stacking, non-uniform subsystems and hybrid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-10 Hsien-Ching Chung , Cheng-Peng Chang , Chiun-Yan Lin , Ming-Fa Lin

We describe very fast electron dynamics for a graphene nanoribbon driven by a control electromagnetic field in the terahertz regime. The mobility as a function of bias possesses a large threshold value when entering a nonlinear transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Danhong Huang , Godfrey Gumbs , O. Roslyak

Heterostructures composed of dissimilar two-dimensional nanomaterials can have nontrivial physical and mechanical properties promising for many applications. Interestingly, in some cases, it is possible to create heterostructures composed…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-06 Iman Evazzade , Ivan Lobzenko , Danial Saadatmand , Elena Korznikova , Kun Zhou , Bo Liu , Sergey Dmitriev

Graphene nanoribbons with perfect edges are predicted to exhibit interesting electronic and spintronic properties, notably quantum-confined bandgaps and magnetic edge states. However, graphene nanoribbons produced by lithography have, to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Xinran Wang , Yijian Ouyang , Liying Jiao , Hailiang Wang , Liming Xie , Justin Wu , Jing Guo , Hongjie Dai

The electronic and transport properties of hybrid armchair zigzag nanostructures including U-shaped graphene nanoribbons and patterned nanopores structured graphene were studied using combination of density functional theory and…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-04-05 Nguyen Tien Cuong

We analyze the electronic structure of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) nanoribbons close to the magic angle. We describe a transition from an incomplete to a complete moir\'e structure. By considering zigzag and armchair edge terminations,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-14 Elias Andrade , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Francisco Guinea , Gerardo G. Naumis