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The aim of this work is to describe the thermodynamic properties of an electron gas in graphene placed in a constant magnetic field. The electron gas is constituted by $N$ Bloch electrons in the long wavelength approximation. The partition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-29 Juan Sebastian Ardenghi , Pablo Bechthold , Estela Gonzalez , Paula Jasen , Alfredo Juan

In this paper, we evaluate of the adsorption/ desorption of ammonia molecules on a graphene surface by studying the Fermi level shift. Based on a physically plausible model, the adsorption and desorption rates of ammonia molecules on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Shanshan Chen , Weiwei Cai , David Chen , Yujie Ren , Xuesong Li , Yanwu Zhu , Rodney S. Ruoff

Constrained density functional theory (CDFT) is used to evaluate the energy level alignment of a benzene molecule as it approaches a graphene sheet. Within CDFT the problem is conveniently mapped onto evaluating total energy differences…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Subhayan Roychoudhury , Carlo Motta , Stefano Sanvito

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

The exceptional mechanical properties of graphene have made it attractive for nano-mechanical devices and functional composite materials. Two key aspects of graphene's mechanical behavior are its elastic and adhesive properties. These are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Scott Scharfenberg , D. Z. Rocklin , Cesar Chialvo , Richard L. Weaver , Paul M. Goldbart , Nadya Mason

A simple one-stage solution-based method was developed to produce graphene nanoribbons by sonicating graphite powder in organic solutions with polymer surfactant. The graphene nanoribbons were deposited on silicon substrate, and…

Band structure determines the motion of electrons in a solid, giving rise to exotic phenomena when properly engineered. Drawing an analogy between electrons and photons, artificially designed optical lattices indicate the possibility of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-01 Siqi Wang , Xianqing Lin , Mervin Zhao , Changjian Zhang , Sui Yang , Yuan Wang , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , James Hone , David Tomanek , Xiang Zhang

We present an accurate measurement and a quantitative analysis of electron-beam induced displacements of carbon atoms in single-layer graphene. We directly measure the atomic displacement ("knock-on") cross section by counting the lost…

Hydrodynamic transport effectively describes the collective dynamics of fluids with well-defined thermodynamic quantities. With enhanced electron-electron interactions at elevated temperatures, the collective behavior of electrons in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Artem Talanov , Jonah Waissman , Aaron Hui , Brian Skinner , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Philip Kim

We perform a phenomenological analysis of the problem of the electronic doping of a graphene sheet by deposited transition metal atoms, which aggregate in clusters. The sample is placed in a capacitor device such that the electronic doping…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-19 Jaime E. Santos , Nuno M. R. Peres , Joao M. B. Lopes dos Santos , Antonio H. Castro Neto

Graphene-based materials have been suggested for applications ranging from nanoelectronics to nanobiotechnology. However, the realization of graphene-based technologies will require large quantities of free-standing two-dimensional (2D)…

The derivation for the transport coefficients of an electron system in the presence of temperature gradient and the electric and magnetic fields are presented. The Nernst conductivity and the transverse thermoelectric power of the Dirac…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-11-20 Xin-Zhong Yan , C. S. Ting

The elecrooptical response of graphene due to heating and drift of carriers is studied theoretically. Real and imaginary parts of the dynamic conductivity tensor are calculated for the case of effective momentum relaxation, when anisotropic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. V. Strikha , F. T. Vasko

The two-dimensional graphene-like carbon allotrope, graphyne, has been recently fabricated and exhibits many interesting electronic properties. In this work, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of {\gamma}-graphyne by performing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-19 P. H. Jiang , H. J. Liu , L. Cheng , D. D. Fan , J. Zhang , J. Wei , J. H. Liang

We present a theory of electronic transport in graphene in the presence of randomly placed adsorbates. Our analysis predicts a marked asymmetry of the conductivity about the Dirac point, as well as a negative weak-localization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-05 John P. Robinson , Henning Schomerus , Laszlo Oroszlany , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

The graphene membrane irradiated by weak activating alternative electric field in terahertz range was considered. The quantum approach based on the time-dependent density matrix method was used. The exact solution was obtained for graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-18 N. E. Firsova , Yu. A. Firsov

We present exemplary results of extensive studies of mechanical, electronic and transport properties of covalent functionalization of graphene monolayers (GML) with -NH2. We report new results of ab initio studies of covalent…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-24 Karolina Z. Milowska , Jacek A. Majewski

We fabricate electric double-layer field-effect transistor (EDL-FET) devices on mechanically exfoliated few-layer graphene. We exploit the large capacitance of a polymeric electrolyte to study the transport properties of three, four and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-11 E. Piatti , S. Galasso , M. Tortello , J. R. Nair , C. Gerbaldi , D. Daghero , M. Bruna , S. Borini , R. S. Gonnelli

In graphene in the presence of strain the elasticity theory metric naturally appears. However, this is not the one experienced by fermionic quasiparticles. Fermions propagate in curved space, whose metric is defined by expansion of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-31 G. E. Volovik , M. A. Zubkov

This review examines the properties of graphene from an experimental perspective. The intent is to review the most important experimental results at a level of detail appropriate for new graduate students who are interested in a general…