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We theoretically investigate electron transport through corrugated graphene ribbons and show how the ribbon curvature leads to an electronic superlattice with a period set by the corrugation wave length. Transport through the ribbon depends…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Isacsson , L. M. Jonsson , J. M. Kinaret , M. Jonson

Based on first-principles calculations we predict that periodically repeated junctions of armchair graphene nanoribbons of different widths form superlattice structures. In these superlattice heterostructures the width and the energy gap…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Sevincli , M. Topsakal , S. Ciraci

General properties of long wavelength triangular graphene superlattice are studied. It is shown that Dirac points with and without gaps can arise at a number of high symmetry points of the Brillouin Zone. The existence of gaps can lead to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-12 F. Guinea , T. Low

The specific rotational alignment of two-dimensional lattices results in a moir\'e superlattice with a larger period than the original lattices and allows one to engineer the electronic band structure of such materials. So far, transport…

Graphene superlattices formed by periodic strain are considered theoretically. It is shown that electron energy spectrum consists of minibands obtained by folding of the cone at the boundaries of the superlattice Brillouin zone with very…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Yu. Yu. Kiselev , L. E. Golub

Lateral superlattices have attracted major interest as this may allow one to modify spectra of two dimensional electron systems and, ultimately, create materials with tailored electronic properties. Previously, it proved difficult to…

A periodic spatial modulation, as created by a moir\'e pattern, has been extensively studied with the view to engineer and tune the properties of graphene. Graphene encapsulated by hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) when slightly misaligned with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 M. Anđelković , S. P. Milovanović , L. Covaci , F. M. Peeters

A model for energy spectrum of superlattice on the base of graphene placed on the striped dielectric substrate is proposed. A direct current component which appears in that structure perpendicularly to pulling electric field under the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-10 D. V. Zav'yalov , V. I. Konchenkov , S. V. Kryuchkov

A continuum theory to describe periodic ripple formation in planar graphene/boron nitride superlattices is formulated. Due to the lattice mismatch between the two materials, it is shown that flat superlattices are unstable with respect to…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-14 Dinkar Nandwana , Elif Ertekin

Graphene-metal nanoparticle hybrid materials potentially display not only the unique properties of metal nanoparticles and those of graphene, but also additional novel properties due to the interaction between graphene and nanoparticles.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-27 András Pálinkás , Péter Süle , Márton Szendrő , György Molnár , Chanyong Hwang , László P. Biró , Zoltán Osváth

A model of a superlattice consisting of alternating strips of single-layer and bilayer graphene is proposed, whose parameters of the energy spectrum can be controlled by changing the external electric field perpendicular to the surface of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-16 V. L. Abdrakhmanov , P. V. Badikova D. V. Zav'yalov , V. I. Konchenkov , S. V. Kryuchkov

We evaluate the electronic transmission and conductance in bilayer graphene through a finite number of potential barriers. Further, we evaluate the dispersion relation in a bilayer graphene superlattice with a periodic potential applied to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-21 M. Barbier , P. Vasilopoulos , F. M. Peeters , J. Milton Pereira

Moir\'e superlattices in graphene supported on various substrates have opened a new avenue to engineer graphene's electronic properties. Yet, the exact crystallographic structure on which their band structure depends remains highly debated.…

Recent experimental studies on graphene on hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) have demonstrated that hBN is not only a passive substrate that ensures superb electronic properties of graphene's carriers, but that it actively modifies their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-29 Andrea Tomadin , Francisco Guinea , Marco Polini

Interactions between stacked two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystals can radically change their properties, leading to essentially new materials in terms of the electronic structure. Here we show that monolayers placed on an atomically flat…

Our research focuses on the transmission gaps of charge carriers passing through phosphorene superlattice, which are made up of a series of barriers and wells generating $n$ identical cells. We determine the solutions of the energy spectrum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-30 Jilali Seffadi , Ilham Redouani , Youness Zahidi , Ahmed Jellal

The interaction between a graphene layer and a hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) substrate induces lateral displacements and strains in the graphene layer. The displacements lead to the appearance of commensurate regions and the existence of an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-05 Pablo San-Jose , Ángel Gutiérrez , Mauricio Sturla , Francisco Guinea

We calculate the dispersion equations for magnetoplasmons in a single layer, a pair of parallel layers, a graphite bilayer and a superlattice of graphene layers in a perpendicular magnetic field. We demonstrate the feasibility of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Oleg L. Berman , Godfrey Gumbs , Yurii E. Lozovik

The speed of silicon-based transistors has reached an impasse in the recent decade, primarily due to scaling techniques and the short-channel effect. Conversely, graphene (a revolutionary new material possessing an atomic thickness) has…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-09-03 K. C. Yung , W. M. Wu , M. P. Pierpoint , F. V. Kusmartsev

Employing graphene as a template, we fabricate moir\'e superlattices by stacking bilayer or folded bilayer-bilayer graphene (BLG or fBBLG) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), i.e., hBN/BLG/hBN or hBN/fBBLG/hBN stacks, with a small twist…