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Non-covalent functionalization via physisorption of organic molecules provides a scalable approach for modifying the electronic structure of graphene while preserving its excellent carrier mobilities. Here we investigated the physisorption…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-25 Yuefeng Yin , Jiri Cervenka , Nikhil V. Medhekar

We characterize the transport properties of functionalized graphene nanoribbons using extensive first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) that encompass both monovalent and divalent ligands, hydrogenated defects…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-09-08 Giovanni Cantele , Young-Su Lee , Domenico Ninno , Nicola Marzari

This work performs a numerical study of electron transport through the fundamental logic gate in valleytronics - a valley valve consisting of two or increasing number of valley filters. Various typical effects on the transport are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-09 Jia-Huei Jiang , Ning-Yuan Lue , Feng-Wu Chen , Yu-Shu G. Wu

We have studied the electronic and magnetic properties of graphene and their modification due to the adsorption of water and other gas molecules. Water and gas molecules adsorbed on nanoscale graphene were found to play the role of defects…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Julia Berashevich , Tapash Chakraborty

Density functional theory calculations are used to investigate the electronic structures of localized states at reconstructed armchair graphene edges. We consider graphene nanoribbons with two different edge types and obtain the energy band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-03 Changwon Park , Jisoon Ihm , Gunn Kim

Owing to its array of unique properties, graphene is a promising material for a wide variety of applications. Being two-dimensional, the properties of graphene are also easily tuned via proximity to other materials. In this work, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Aleandro Antidormi , Aron W. Cummings

We discuss the fact that quantum capacitance of graphene-based devices leads to variation of it's charge density under changes of external magnetic field.The charge is conserved, but redistributes to substrate or other graphene sheet. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-28 Sergey Slizovskiy

We outline a Kohn-Sham-Dirac density-functional-theory (DFT) scheme for graphene sheets that treats slowly-varying inhomogeneous external potentials and electron-electron interactions on an equal footing. The theory is able to account for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-09-23 Marco Polini , Andrea Tomadin , Reza Asgari , A. H. MacDonald

We studied the transport properties of electrons in graphene as they are scattered by a double barrier potential in the presence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field. We computed the transmission coefficient and Goos-H\"anchen like shifts for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Miloud Mekkaoui , Ahmed Jellal , Hocine Bahlouli

The growing precision of optical and scattering experiments necessitates a better understanding of the influence of damping onto the collective mode of sheet electrons. As spin-polarized systems are of particular interest for spintronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-20 Dominik Kreil , Michaela Haslhofer , Helga M. Böhm

Graphene's structure bears on both the material's electronic properties and fundamental questions about long range order in two-dimensional crystals. We present an analytic calculation of selected area electron diffraction from multi-layer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Brian Shevitski , Matthew Mecklenburg , William A. Hubbard , E. R. White , Ben Dawson , M. S. Lodge , Masa Ishigami , B. C. Regan

The full three dimensional dispersion of the pi-bands, Fermi velocities and effective masses are measured with angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and compared to first-principles calculations. The band structure by density-functional…

Chemical functionalization of graphene modifies the local electron density of the carbon atoms and hence electron transport. Measuring these changes allows for a closer understanding of the chemical interaction and the influence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-17 A. Jacobsen , F. M. Koehler , W. J. Stark , K. Ensslin

The Raman shift, broadening, and relative Raman intensities of bilayer graphene are computed as functions of the electron concentration. We include dynamic effects for the phonon frequencies and we consider the gap induced in the band…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-09-11 Paola Gava , Michele Lazzeri , A. Marco Saitta , Francesco Mauri

Graphene possesses unique features that make it attractive for nanotechnology. Functional devices often require combination of several materials with specific functions, and graphene-polymer composites are one of them. Herein, we report on…

In this document we explore graphene, a two-dimensional material with remarkable properties. We center our discussion around its electronic characteristics and their applications. We begin by giving a simple electronic model which will then…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-02 Anthony Gerges Geha , Yago aguado , Modou B. Nadiaye

In a recent paper (JPCM 29, 445302 (2017)) we have studied the effects of mechanical strain and magnetic field on the electronic transport properties in graphene. In this article we extended our work to Weyl semimetals (WSM). We show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-10 Rodrigo Soto-Garrido , Enrique Muñoz

The thermal properties of graphene-based materials are theoretically investigated. The fourth-nearest neighbor force constant method for phonon properties is used in conjunction with both the Landauer ballistic and the non-equilibrium…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-02-10 Hossein Karamitaheri , Neophytos Neophytou , Mahdi Pourfath , Hans Kosina

We numerically investigate the electronic transport properties between two mesoscopic graphene disks with a twist by employing the density functional theory coupled with non-equilibrium Green's function technique. By attaching two graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Yulei Han , Yafei Ren , Xinlong Dong , Junjie Zeng , Wei Ren , Zhenhua Qiao

For many of the envisioned optoelectronic applications of graphene it is crucial to understand the sub-picosecond carrier dynamics immediately following photoexcitation, as well as the effect on the electrical conductivity - the…