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We find exact states of graphene quasiparticles under a time-dependent deformation (sound wave), whose propagation velocity is smaller than the Fermi velocity. To solve the corresponding effective Dirac equation, we adapt the Volkov-like…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 M. Oliva-Leyva , G. G. Naumis

The electronic properties of a triaxially strained hexagonal graphene flake with either armchair or zig-zag edges are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and tight-binding calculations. We found that: i) the pseudo-magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Neek-Amal , L. Covaci , Kh. Shakouri , F. M. Peeters

The paper presents the author view on spin-rooted properties of graphene supported by numerous experimental and calculation evidences. Dirac fermions of crystalline graphene and local spins of graphene molecules are suggested to meet a…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-12-28 Elena F. Sheka

It has been shown in a recent study [Nguyen et al., Nanotechnol. \textbf{25}, 165201 (2014)] that unstrained/strained graphene junctions are promising candidates to improve the performance of graphene transistors that is usually hindered by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-07 Mai Chung Nguyen , Viet Hung Nguyen , Huy-Viet Nguyen , Philippe Dollfus

We study the influence of a localized Gaussian deformation on massless Dirac fermions confined to a two-dimensional curved surface. Both in-plane and out-of-plane displacements are considered within the framework of elasticity theory. These…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-09 Samuel B. B. Almeida , J. E. G. Silva , C. A. S. Almeida

In this paper we study the excitation spectrum of graphene in a strong magnetic field, beyond the Dirac cone approximation. The dynamical polarizability is obtained using a full $\pi$-band tight-binding model where the effect of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-03 Shengjun Yuan , Rafael Roldán , Mikhail I. Katsnelson

Electrons in graphene behave like Dirac fermions, permitting phenomena from high energy physics to be studied in a solid state setting. A key question is whether or not these Fermions are critically influenced by Coulomb correlations. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-20 James P. Reed , Bruno Uchoa , Young Il Joe , Yu Gan , Diego Casa , Eduardo Fradkin , Peter Abbamonte

A transfer matrix method is presented for solving the scattering problem for the quasi one-dimensional massless Dirac equation applied to graphene in the presence of an arbitrary inhomogeneous electric and perpendicular magnetic field. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-17 Sameer Grover , Sankalpa Ghosh , Manish Sharma

We revisit the theory of the pseudo magnetic field as induced by strain in graphene using the tight-binding approach. A systematic expansion of the hopping parameter and the deformation of the lattice vectors is presented from which we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Ramezani Masir , D. Moldovan , F. M. Peeters

The relation between the energy and momentum of plasmarons in bilayer graphene is investigated within the Overhauser approach, where the electron-plasmon interaction is described as a field theoretical problem. We find that the Dirac-like…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-24 P. M. Krstajić , F. M. Peeters

Existence and stability of Dirac points in the dispersion relation of operators periodic with respect to the hexagonal lattice is investigated for different sets of additional symmetries. The following symmetries are considered: rotation by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-12-13 Gregory Berkolaiko , Andrew Comech

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

Moir'e patterns in the pseudo-magnetic field and in the strain profile of graphene (GE) when put on top of a hexagonal lattice substrate are predicted from elasticity theory. %which are confirmed by atomistic simulations. The van der Waals…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Neek-Amal , F. M. Peeters

The pseudo-magnetic field generated by mechanical strain in graphene can have dramatic consequences on the behavior of electrons and holes. Here we show that pseudo-magnetic field fluctuations present in crumpled graphene can induce…

Graphene is a unique two-dimensional material with rich new physics and great promise for applications in electronic devices. Physical phenomena such as the half-integer quantum Hall effect and high carrier mobility are critically dependent…

It is known that the excitations in graphene-like materials in external electromagnetic field are described by solutions of massless two-dimensional Dirac equation which includes both Hermitian off-diagonal matrix and scalar potentials. Up…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-23 Mikhail V. Ioffe , David N. Nishnianidze

Electrons moving in graphene behave as massless Dirac fermions, and they exhibit fascinating low-frequency electrical transport phenomena. Their dynamic response, however, is little known at frequencies above one terahertz (THz). Such…

The diamagnetism of confined Dirac fermions submitted to a uniform magnetic field in disordered graphene is investigated. The solutions of the energy spectrum are used to discuss the orbital magnetism from a statistical mechanical point of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Ahmed Jellal , Malika Bellati , Michael Schreiber

We explore the gapped graphene structure in the two-dimensional plane in the presence of the Rosen-Morse potential and an external uniform magnetic field. In order to describe the corresponding structure, we consider the propagation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 A. Kalani , Alireza Amani , M. A. Ramzanpour

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