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An integer Quantum Hall effect transition is studied in a modulation doped p-SiGe sample. In contrast to most examples of such transitions the longitudinal and Hall conductivities at the critical point are close to 0.5 and 1.5 (e^2/h), the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. T. Coleridge

We analyze the dissipative conductance of the zero-plateau quantum Hall state appearing in undoped graphene in strong magnetic fields. Charge transport in this state is assumed to be carried by a magnetic domain wall, which forms by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-02 Efrat Shimshoni , H. A. Fertig , G. Venketeswara Pai

We report high-precision resistance measurements on quantum Hall resistance devices fabricated from uniform epitaxial graphene grown by propane-hydrogen chemical vapor deposition on a two-inch silicon carbide substrate. Through molecular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 François Couëdo , Chiara Mastropasqua , Aurélien Theret , Dominique Mailly , Adrien Michon , Mathieu Taupin

A quantum phase transition arises from competition between different ground states and is typically accessed by varying a single physical parameter near absolute zero temperature. The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect with high Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Ling-Jie Zhou , Deyi Zhuo , Ruobing Mei , Yi-Fan Zhao , Kaijie Yang , Ruoxi Zhang , Zijie Yan , Han Tay , Moses H. W. Chan , Chao-Xing Liu , Cui-Zu Chang

This short theoretical review deals with some essential ingredients for the understanding of the quantum Hall effect in graphene in comparison with the effect in conventional two-dimensional electron systems with a parabolic band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-03 M. O. Goerbig

The observation of the anomalous quantum Hall effect in exfoliated graphene flakes triggered an explosion of interest in graphene. It was however not observed in high quality epitaxial graphene multilayers grown on silicon carbide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-31 Xiaosong Wu , Yike Hu , Ming Ruan , Nerasoa K Madiomanana , John Hankinson , Mike Sprinkle , Claire Berger , Walt A. de Heer

We have observed the well-kown quantum Hall effect (QHE) in epitaxial graphene grown on silicon carbide (SiC) by using, for the first time, only commercial NdFeB permanent magnets at low temperature. The relatively large and homogeneous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-22 F. D. Parmentier , T. Cazimajou , Y. Sekine , H. Hibino , H. Irie , D. C. Glattli , N. Kumada , P. Roulleau

We study the Euclidean effective action per unit area and the charge density for a Dirac field in a two--dimensional spatial region, in the presence of a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the 2D--plane, at finite temperature and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. G. Beneventano , Paola Giacconi , E. M. Santangelo , Roberto Soldati

We report observations of well developed half integer quantum Hall effect (QHE) on mono layer graphene films of 7 mm \times 7 mm in size. The graphene films are grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on copper, then transferred to SiO_{2}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Tian Shen , Wei Wu , Qingkai Yu , Curt A Richter , Randolph Elmquist , David Newell , Yong P. Chen

We examine the magnetic field driven insulator-quantum Hall-insulator transitions of the two dimensional hole gas in a Ge/SiGe quantum well. We observe direct transitions between low and high magnetic field insulators and the $\nu=1$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Hilke , D. Shahar , S. H. Song , D. C. Tsui , Y. H. Xie , Don Monroe

We have investigated the Hall resistance $R_H$ near the plateau-insulator transition of a two-dimensional electron gas in the quantum critical regime. High-field magnetotransport data taken on a low-mobility InGaAs/InP heterostructure with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. T. N. de Lang , L. A. Ponomarenko , A. de Visser , A. M. M. Pruisken

The Hall resistance obtained in liquid gated Hall effect measurement of graphene demonstrates a higher sensitivity than the sheet resistance and the gate-source current for L-histidine of different concentrations in the pM range. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Hualin Zhan , Jiri Cervenka , Steven Prawer , David J. Garrett

We report results of numerical studies of the integer quantum Hall effect in a tight binding model on a two-dimensional square lattice with non-interacting electrons, in the presence of a random potential as well as a uniform magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kun Yang , R. N. Bhatt

We report the first observation of the quantum Hall effect in epitaxial graphene. The result described in the submitted manuscript fills the yawning gap in the understanding of the electronic properties of this truly remarkable material and…

We report on the fabrication and transport studies of a single-layer graphene p-n junction. Carrier type and density in two adjacent regions are individually controlled by electrostatic gating using a local top gate and a global back gate.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-08-28 J. R. Williams , L. DiCarlo , C. M. Marcus

We have measured the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the Hall coefficient ($R_{\rm H}$) in three, several micrometer long multigraphene samples of thickness between $\sim 9~$to $\sim 30$~nm in the temperature range 0.1 to 200~K…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-11-07 P. Esquinazi , J. Krüger , J. Barzola-Quiquia , R. Schönemann , T. Herrmannsdörfer , N. García

The phase transitions from one plateau to the next plateau or to an insulator in quantum Hall and quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) systems have revealed universal scaling behaviors. A magnetic-field-driven quantum phase transition from a QAH…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Xinyu Wu , Di Xiao , Chui-Zhen Chen , Jian Sun , Ling Zhang , Moses H. W. Chan , Nitin Samarth , X. C. Xie , Xi Lin , Cui-Zu Chang

Magneto-transport measurements are performed on two-dimensional GaAs electron systems to probe the quantum Hall (QH) effect at low magnetic fields. Oscillations following the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) formula are observed in the transition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-14 Shun-Tsung Lo , Yi-Ting Wang , G Bohra , E Comfort , T-Y Lin , M-G Kang , G Strasser , J P Bird , C F Huang , Li-Hung Lin , J C Chen , C-T Liang

We present a single electron approach to analyse the magnetotransport properties of the monolayer graphene as a function of both, the gate voltage and the magnetic field; and, also, their evolution with temperature. The model proposed means…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-23 M. A. Hidalgo

We study the critical properties of the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) plateau transition in magnetic topological insulators. We introduce a microscopic model for the plateau transition in QAH effect at the coercive field and then map it to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Jing Wang , Biao Lian , Shou-Cheng Zhang