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We explore the electronic ground states of Bernal-stacked multilayer graphenes using the Hartree-Fock mean-field approximation and the full-parameter band model. We find that the electron-electron interaction tends to open a band gap in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Mikito Koshino , Kyoka Sugisawa , Edward McCann

MXene-based heterostructures have received considerable interest owing to their unique properties. Herein, we examine various heterostructures of a prototypical MXene and graphene using density functional theory. We find that the adhesion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 Rui Li , Weiwei Sun , Cheng Zhan , Paul R. C. Kent , De-en Jiang

We analyze, within a minimal model that allows analytical calculations, the electronic structure and Landau levels of graphene multi-layers with different stacking orders. We find, among other results, that electrostatic effects can induce…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Guinea , A. H. Castro Neto , N. M. R. Peres

By considering the continuous model for graphene, we analytically study a special gauge field for the edge state. The gauge field explains the properties of the edge state such as the existence only on the zigzag edge, the partial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ken-ichi Sasaki , Shuichi Murakami , Riichiro Saito

We numerically investigate the electronic transport properties between two mesoscopic graphene disks with a twist by employing the density functional theory coupled with non-equilibrium Green's function technique. By attaching two graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Yulei Han , Yafei Ren , Xinlong Dong , Junjie Zeng , Wei Ren , Zhenhua Qiao

The relativistic-like behavior of electrons in graphene significantly influences the interaction properties of these electrons in a quantizing magnetic field, resulting in more stable fractional quantum Hall effect states as compared to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Tapash Chakraborty , Vadim Apalkov

We consider plane junctions with graphene electrodes, which are formed by a single-level system ("molecule") placed between the edges of two single-layer graphene half planes. We calculate the edge Green functions of the electrodes and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Dmitry A. Ryndyk , Jan Bundesmann , Ming-Hao Liu , Klaus Richter

We investigate the electronic structure and transport properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) at a twist angle of $\theta\approx 1.696\text{{\deg}}$. Using a combination of molecular dynamics and tight-binding calculations, we find…

Edge states in biased bilayer graphene in a magnetic field are studied within the four-band continuum model. The analysis is done for the semi-infinite graphene plane and for the graphene ribbon of a finite width, in the cases of zigzag and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-19 P. K. Pyatkovskiy

We study interfaces between graphene and graphane. If the interface is oriented along a zigzag direction, edge states are found which exhibit a strong amplification of effects related to the spin-orbit interaction. The enhanced spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-23 Manuel J. Schmidt , Daniel Loss

$\alpha$-graphyne is a two-dimensional sheet of $sp$-$sp^2$ hybridized carbon atoms in a honeycomb lattice. While the geometrical structure is similar to that of graphene, the hybridized triple bonds give rise to electronic structure that…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-08-04 Hyeondeok Shin , Jeongnim Kim , Hoonkyung Lee , Olle Heinonen , Anouar Benali , Yongkyung Kwon

This work investigates the electronic properties of the energy spectrum of a hybrid system composed of (i) a circular quantum dot of monolayer graphene surrounded by an infinite sheet of AA-stacked bilayer graphene and (ii) a circular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Abdelhadi Belouad , Abdellatif Kamal , El Bouâzzaoui Choubabi , Rachid Houça , Mohammed El Bouziani

We report on microscopic measurements of the low-energy electronic structures both at zigzag and armchair edges of bilayer graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM and STS). We have found that, both in the absence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Long-Jing Yin , Yu Zhang , Jia-Bin Qiao , Si-Yu Li , Lin He

Electronic structures of the zigzag bilayer graphite nanoribbons(Z-BGNR) with various ribbon width $N$ are studied within the tight binding approximation. Neglecting the inter-layer hopping amplitude $\gamma_4$, which is an order of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jun-Won Rhim , Kyungsun Moon

We investigate the electronic structure of realistic partial dislocation networks in bilayer graphene that feature annihilating, wandering, and intersecting partial lines. We find charge accumulation states at partials that are sensitive to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 D. Weckbecker , R. Gupta , F. Rost , S. Sharma , S. Shallcross

Electron transport in bilayer graphene is studied by using a first principles analysis and theMonte Carlo simulation under conditions relevant to potential applications. While the intrinsic properties are found to be much less desirable in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 X. Li , K. M. Borysenko , M. Buongiorno Nardelli , K. W. Kim

It is known that zigzag graphene edge is able to support edge states: there is a non-dispersive single-electron band localized near the zigzag edge. However, it is generally believed that no edge states exist near the armchair edge. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 P. A. Maksimov , A. V. Rozhkov , A. O. Sboychakov

The present study explores the edge states in a finite-width graphene ribbon and a semi-infinite geometry subject to a perpendicular magnetic field and an in-plane electric field, applied perpendicular to a zigzag edge. To accomplish this,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-17 A. A. Herasymchuk , S. G. Sharapov , V. P. Gusynin

We study the origin of interface states in carbon nanotube intramolecular junctions between achiral tubes. By applying the Born-von Karman boundary condition to an interface between armchair- and zigzag-terminated graphene layers, we are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-01 H. Santos , A. Ayuela , W. Jaskólski , M. Pelc , L. Chico

An interesting property of zigzag graphene nanoribbons is the presence of edge states which are extended along its borders but localized in the transverse direction. We show that because of this property, electron transport through an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-02 Gonzalo Usaj