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Graphane and graphene are both two-dimensional materials but of different bonding configurations, which can result in distinct thermal conduction properties. We simulate thermal conduction in graphane nanoribbons (GANRs) using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Dengfeng Li , Yong Xu , Xiaobin Chen , Bolin Li , Wenhui Duan

Using molecular dynamics(MD) simulations, we study thermal transport in graphene nanoribbons (GNR) subjected to uniform uniaxial and nonuniform strain fields. We predict significant thermal rectification (over 70%) in a rectangular armchair…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-05-24 K. G. S. H. Gunawardana , Kieran Mullen , Jiuning Hu , Yong P. Chen , Xiulin Ruan

The single graphene layer is a novel material consisting of a flat monolayer of carbon atoms packed in a two-dimensional honeycomb-lattice, in which the electron dynamics is governed by the Dirac equation. A pseudo-spin phase-space approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 O. Morandi , F. Schuerrer

We present here a self consistent solution of quantum transport, using the Non Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) method, and magnetization dynamics, using the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) formulation. We have applied this model to study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sayeef Salahuddin , Supriyo Datta

A non-perturbative model for graphene optical nonlinearity is developed for the study of ultrafast pulse propagation along a monolayer, as in the case of graphene-comprising nanophotonic integrated waveguides. This graphene `hot electron'…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-18 Alexandros Pitilakis , Emmanouil E. Kriezis

Recently, porphyrin units have been attached to graphene nanoribbons (Por-GNR) enabling a multitude of possible structures. Here we report first principles calculations of two prototypical, experimentally feasible, Por-GNR hybrids, one of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-26 Fei Gao , Rodrigo E. Menchón , Aran Garcia-Lekue , Mads Brandbyge

We show how hydrogenation of graphene nanoribbons at small concentrations can open new venues towards carbon-based spintronics applications regardless of any especific edge termination or passivation of the nanoribbons. Density functional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 D. Soriano , F. Muñoz-Rojas , J. Fernández-Rossier , J. J. Palacios

We set up a general microscopic theory for the transfer of energy, momentum, and angular momentum mediated by photons. Using the nonequilibrium Green's function method, we propose a unified Meir-Wingreen formalism for the energy emitted,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 Yong-Mei Zhang , Tao Zhu , Zu-Quan Zhang , Jian-Sheng Wang

We describe the numerical modeling of current flow in graphene heterojunctions, within the Keldysh Landauer Non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism. By implementing a $k$-space approach along the transverse modes, coupled with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-02 Redwan N. Sajjad , Carlos Polanco , Avik W. Ghosh

We calculate quantum transport for metal-graphene nanoribbon heterojunctions within the atomistic self-consistent Schr\"odinger/Poisson scheme. Attention is paid on both the chemical aspects of the interface bonding as well the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-22 I. Deretzis , G. Fiori , G. Iannaccone , A. La Magna

Electronic transport in a zig-zag-edge graphene nanoribbon (GNR) and its modification by adsorbed transition metal porphyrins is studied by means of density functional theory calculations. The detachment reaction of the metal centre of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-27 P. Kratzer , Sherif Abdulkader Tawfik , X. Y. Cui , C. Stampfl

Doping of semiconductor is necessary for various device applications. Exploiting chemistry at its reactive edges was shown to be an effective way to dope an atomically thin graphene nanoribbon (GNR) for realizing new devices in recent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-26 Yijian Ouyang , Stefano Sanvito , Jing Guo

Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons are a promising emerging class of designer quantum materials with electronic properties that are tunable by chemical design. However, many challenges remain in the device integration of these…

Using the non-equilibrium Green\noindent 's function method and the Keldysh formalism, we study the effects of spin-orbit interactions and time-reversal symmetry breaking exchange fields on non-equilibrium quantum transport in graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-19 Nezhat Pournaghavi , Cecilia Holmqvist , Anna Pertsova , Carlo Canali

To assist the design of novel, highly efficient molecular junctions, a deep understanding of the precise charge transport mechanisms through these devices is of prime importance. In the present contribution, we describe a procedure to…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-01-13 Vincent Pohl , Lukas Eugen Marsoner Steinkasserer , Jean Christophe Tremblay

We develop an approach for self-consistent ac quantum transport in the presence of time-dependent potentials at non-transport terminals. We apply the approach to calculate the high-frequency characteristics of a nanotube transistor with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Diego Kienle , Mani Vaidyanathan , François Léonard

Graphene nanostructures can be engineered with atomic precision to display customized electronic states with application in spintronics or quantum technologies. In order to take advantage of their full potential, their charge and spin state…

We study energy-momentum and charge transport in strongly interacting holographic quantum field theories in an anisotropic thermal state by contrasting three different holographic methods to compute transport coefficients: standard…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-06 Tuna Demircik , Domingo Gallegos , Umut Gürsoy , Matti Järvinen , Ruben Lier

The thermoelectric properties of hybrid graphene-boron nitride nanoribbons (BCNNRs) are investigated using the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach. We find that the thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) can be remarkably enhanced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Kaike Yang , Yuanping Chen , Roberto D'Agosta , Yuee Xie , Jianxin Zhong , Angel Rubio

Based on the Hubbard models, quantum magnetism of topologically-designed graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) is studied using exact numerical simulations. We first study a two-band Hubbard model describing the low-energy topological bands using…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-06-08 Xingchuan Zhu , Huaiming Guo , Shiping Feng