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Bilayer graphene is a promising material for radio-frequency transistors because its energy gap might result in a better current saturation than the monolayer graphene. Because the great deal of interest in this technology, especially for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Francisco Pasadas , David Jiménez

We consider the instability of bilayer graphene with respect to a distorted configuration in the same spirit as the model introduced by Su, Schrieffer and Heeger. By computing the total energy of a distorted bilayer, we conclude that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-12 Vitor M. Pereira , R. M. Ribeiro , N. M. R. Peres , A. H. Castro Neto

The effective theory for bilayer graphene (BLG), subject to parallel/in-plane magnetic fields, is derived. With a sizable magnetic field the trigonal warping becomes irrelevant, and one ends up with two Dirac points in the vicinity of each…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-08 Bitan Roy , Kun Yang

Rotational misalignment or twisting of two mono-layers of graphene strongly influences its electronic properties. Structurally, twisting leads to large periodic supercell structures, which in turn can support intriguing strongly correlated…

Electronic and transport properties of bilayer heterostructure under light irradiation are of fundamental interest to improve functionality of optoelectronic devices. We theoretically study the modification of transport properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-16 Pascal Stadler , Mikael Fogelström

This article reviews the basic theoretical aspects of graphene, a one atom thick allotrope of carbon, with unusual two-dimensional Dirac-like electronic excitations. The Dirac electrons can be controlled by application of external electric…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-01-15 A. H. Castro Neto , F. Guinea , N. M. R. Peres , K. S. Novoselov , A. K. Geim

The important experimental advances in graphene fabrication and its peculiar transport properties motivated researchers to utilize graphene as a potential basis for the next generation of fast and smart electronic devices. In this article,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-29 Hasan M. Abdullah , H. Bahlouli

We investigate transport properties through a rectangular potential barrier in AB-stacked bilayer graphene (AB-BLG) gapped by dielectric layers. Using the Dirac-like Hamiltonian with a transfer matrix approach we obtain transmission and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Nadia Benlakhouy , Abderrahim El Mouhafid , Ahmed Jellal

Graphene bilayer systems are known to exhibit a band gap when the layer symmetry is broken, by applying a perpendicular electric field. The resulting band structure resembles that of a conventional semiconductor with a parabolic dispersion.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-03 Søren Schou Gregersen , Jesper Goor Pedersen , Stephen R. Power , Antti-Pekka Jauho

We study the effects of site dilution disorder on the electronic properties in graphene multilayers, in particular the bilayer and the infinite stack. The simplicity of the model allows for an easy implementation of the coherent potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-07-03 Johan Nilsson , A. H. Castro Neto , F. Guinea , N. M. R. Peres

In mean-field-theory bilayer graphene's massive Dirac fermion model has a family of broken inversion symmetry ground states with charge gaps and flavor dependent spontaneous inter layer charge transfers. We use a lattice Hartree-Fock model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-22 Jeil Jung , Fan Zhang , Allan H. MacDonald

The vibrations of a collection of ions in a microtrap array can be described in terms of hopping phonons. We show theoretically that the vibrational couplings may be tailored by using a gradient of the microtrap frequencies, together with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-15 A. Bermudez , T. Schaetz , D. Porras

The unique property of bilayer graphene to show a band gap tunable by external electrical fields enables a variety of different device concepts with novel functionalities for electronic, optoelectronic and sensor applications. So far the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-09-21 Bartholomaeus N. Szafranek , Daniel Schall , Martin Otto , Daniel Neumaier , Heinrich Kurz

We present the first Raman spectroscopic study of Bernal bilayer graphene flakes under uniaxial tension. Apart from a purely mechanical behavior in flake regions where both layers are strained evenly, certain effects stem from inhomogeneous…

We study structural and electronic properties of graphene grown on SiC substrate using scanning tunneling microscope (STM), spot-profile-analysis low energy electron diffraction (SPA-LEED) and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-19 Lunan Huang , Yun Wu , M. T. Hershberger , Daixiang Mou , Ben Schrunk , Michael C. Tringides , Myron Hupalo , Adam Kaminski

We study the effects of insulating oxides in their crystalline forms on the energy band structure of monolayer and bilayer graphene using a \textit{first principles} density functional theory based electronic structure method and a local…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-12-09 Priyamvada Jadaun , Sanjay K. Banerjee , Leonard F. Register , Bhagawan Sahu

The effect of strain in graphene is usually modeled by a pseudo-magnetic vector potential which is, however, derived in the limit of small strain. In realistic cases deviations are expected in view of graphene's very high strain tolerance,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-27 D. Moldovan , M. Ramezani Masir , F. M. Peeters

The complete lattice-layer entanglement structure of Bernal stacked bilayer graphene is obtained for the quantum system described by a tight-binding Hamiltonian which includes mass and bias voltage terms. Through a suitable correspondence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-23 Victor A. S. V. Bittencourt , Alex. E. Bernardini

We study the effect of extended charge defects in electronic transport properties of graphene. Extended defects are ubiquitous in chemically and epitaxially grown graphene samples due to internal strains associated with the lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-18 A. Ferreira , Xiangfan Xu , Chang-Lin Tan , Sukang Bae , N. M. R. Peres , Byung-Hee Hong , Barbaros Ozyilmaz , A. H. Castro Neto

It is well established that some kinds of lattice deformations in graphene monolayer, which change electron hopping in sublattice and affect in-plane motion of electrons, may induce out-of-plane pseudo-magnetic fields as large as 100 T.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-10 Wen-Yu He , Ying Su , Mudan Yang , Lin He