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An exact expression of the transmission probability through a finite graphene superlattice with an arbitrary number of potential barriers $n$ is derived in two cases of the periodic potential: rectangular electric potential and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-20 C. Huy Pham , V. Lien Nguyen

We study the tunneling effect of Dirac fermions in a graphene sheet by introducing a potential barrier in a region of width $D$ exposed to laser field. This sheet is placed on a boron nitride/ferromagnetic substrate such as cobalt or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-06 Rachid El Aitouni , Ahmed Jellal , Pablo Díaz , David Laroze

By considering the direction of charge carriers and the conservation of probablity current the transmission properties of graphene Zener tunnelling nano-devices were obtained. The scattering properties were then used with an adaptation of…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-10-30 R. D. Y. Hills , F. V. Kusmartsev

Superconductivity can be induced in a normal material via the leakage of superconducting pairs of charge carriers from an adjacent superconductor. This so-called proximity effect is markedly influenced by graphene unique electronic…

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

Insights into the fundamental properties of graphene's Dirac-Weyl fermions have emerged from studies of electron tunnelling transistors in which an atomically thin layer of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is sandwiched between two layers of…

The recent discovery of methods to isolate graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of crystalline carbon, has raised the possibility of a new class of nano-electronics devices based on the extraordinary electrical transport and unusual physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-10-02 Xu Du , Ivan Skachko , Anthony Barker , Eva Y. Andrei

The nucleation of graphene on a transition metal (TM) surface, either on a terrace or near a step edge, is systematically explored using density functional theory (DFT) calculations and applying the two-dimensional (2D) crystal nucleation…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-04-04 Junfeng Gao , Joanne Yip , Jijun Zhao , Boris I. Yakobson , Feng Ding

Unlocking the potential of topological order within many-body spin systems has long been a central pursuit in the realm of quantum materials. Despite extensive efforts, the quest for a versatile platform enabling site-selective spin…

This paper reviews the theoretical work undertaken using density functional theory (DFT) to explore graphene's interactions with its surroundings. We look at the impact of substrates, gate dielectrics and edge effects on the properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-31 Priyamvada Jadaun , Bhagawan R. Sahu , Leonard F. Register , Sanjay K. Banerjee

We unveil chaotic behavior hidden in the energy spectrum of a Jahn-Teller ion vibrating in a cubic anharmonic potential as a typical model for rattling in cage-structure materials. When we evaluate the nearest-neighbor level-spacing…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-09-14 Takashi Hotta , Akira Shudo

Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we construct the holographic dual of a tunneling instanton describing Schwinger pair creation in de Sitter space. Our approach allows us to extract the critical value of the electric field for which the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-06 Willy Fischler , Phuc H. Nguyen , Juan F. Pedraza , Walter Tangarife

We study the effect of sublattice symmetry breaking on the electronic, magnetic and transport properties of two dimensional graphene as well as zigzag terminated one and zero dimensional graphene nanostructures. The systems are described…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 D. Soriano , J. Fernández-Rossier

We investigate the electronic properties of heterostructures based on ultrathin hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) crystalline layers sandwiched between two layers of graphene as well as other conducting materials (graphite, gold). The tunnel…

We theoretically study the electronic and transport properties of two graphene layers vertically coupled by an insulating layer under the influence of a time-periodic external light field. The non-adiabatic driving induces excitations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-11 Pascal Stadler , Tomas Löfwander , Mikael Fogelström

We investigate the impact of an induced mass term $\Delta$ on the current density in graphene subjected to a space- and time-dependent periodic potential $U(x,t)$. By solving the Dirac equation and deriving both the quasi-energy spectrum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Hasna Chnafa , Clarence Cortes , David Laroze , Ahmed Jellal

We have used scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to resolve the spatial variation of the density of states of twisted graphene layers on top of a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite substrate. Owing to the twist a moire pattern…

Suspended graphene is difficult to image by scanning probe microscopy due to the inherent van-der-Waals and dielectric forces exerted by the tip which are not counteracted by a substrate. Here, we report scanning tunneling microscopy data…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-21 A. Georgi , P. Nemes-Incze , B. Szafranek , D. Neumaier , V. Geringer , M. Liebmann , M. Morgenstern

The energy spectrum of graphene sheet with a single barrier structure having a time periodic oscillating height and subjected to magnetic field is analyzed. The corresponding transmission is studied as function of the obtained energy and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Ahmed Jellal , Miloud Mekkaoui , El Bouazzaoui Choubabi , Hocine Bahlouli

Electrons in graphene follow unconventional trajectories at PN junctions, driven by their pseudospintronic degree of freedom. Significant is the prominent angular dependence of transmission, capturing the chiral nature of the electrons and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Redwan N. Sajjad , S. Sutar , J. U. Lee , Avik W. Ghosh
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