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We compute the transmission probability through rectangular potential barriers and p-n junctions in the presence of a magnetic and electric fields in bilayer graphene taking into account contributions from the full four bands of the energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-06 Ahmed Jellal , Ilham Redouani , Hocine Bahlouli

We derive electronic structure models for weakly interacting bilayers such as graphene-graphene and graphene-hexagonal boron nitride, based on density functional theory calculations followed by Wannier transformation of electronic states.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-28 Shiang Fang , Efthimios Kaxiras

Stacking two layers of graphene with a relative twist angle gives rise to moir\'e patterns, which can strongly modify electronic behavior and may lead to unconventional superconductivity. A synthetic version of twisted bilayers can be…

In this work, we perform ab initio calculations, based on the density functional theory, of the effects on the graphene bilayer when we intercalate carbon atoms between the layers. We use the unit cell of the bilayer to construct larger…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 A. K. M. Pinto , N. F. Frazão , D. L. Azevedo , F. Moraes

Recent experiments have demonstrated that neutral graphene sheets have an insulating ground state in the presence of an external magnetic field. We report on a $\pi$-band tight-binding-model Hartree-Fock calculation which examines the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-07 J. Jung , A. H. MacDonald

In this review, we provide an in-depth description of the physics of monolayer and bilayer graphene from a theorist's perspective. We discuss the physical properties of graphene in an external magnetic field, reflecting the chiral nature of…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-20 D. S. L. Abergel , V. Apalkov , J. Berashevich , K. Ziegler , Tapash Chakraborty

The electronic structure in the vicinity of the 1-heptagonal and 1-pentagonal defects in the carbon graphene plane is investigated. Using a continuum gauge field-theory model the local density of states around the Fermi energy is calculated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-06 J. Smotlacha , R. Pincak , M. Pudlak

The edge states in the hybrid system of single-layer and double-layer graphene are studied in the tight-binding model theoretically. The edge states in one side of the interface between single-layer and double-layer graphene are shown to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-03 Yasumasa Hasegawa , Mahito Kohmoto

Close to charge neutrality, the low-energy properties of high-quality suspended devices based on atomically thin graphene layers are determined by electron-electron interactions. Bernal-stacked layers, in particular, have shown a remarkable…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-20 Youngwoo Nam , Dong-Keun Ki , Mikito Koshino , Edward McCann , Alberto F. Morpurgo

Graphene in the presence of a strong external magnetic field is a unique attraction for investigations of the fractional quantum Hall (fQH) states with odd and even denominators of the fraction. Most of the attempts to understand Graphene…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-25 Saurabh Maiti , Tigran Sedrakyan

The electronic properties of graphene under any arbitrary uniaxial strain field are obtained by an exact mapping of the corresponding tight-binding Hamiltonian into an effective one-dimensional modulated chain. For a periodic modulation,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Gerardo G. Naumis , Pedro Roman-Taboada

A model of a superlattice consisting of alternating strips of single-layer and bilayer graphene is proposed, whose parameters of the energy spectrum can be controlled by changing the external electric field perpendicular to the surface of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-16 V. L. Abdrakhmanov , P. V. Badikova D. V. Zav'yalov , V. I. Konchenkov , S. V. Kryuchkov

Superlattices (SLs) in monolayer and bilayer graphene, formed by spatially periodic potential variations, lead to a modified bandstructure with extra finite-energy and zero-energy Dirac fermions with tunable anisotropic velocities. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-14 Si Wu , Matthew Killi , Arun Paramekanti

Electron-electron interactions play an important role in graphene and related systems and can induce exotic quantum states, especially in a stacked bilayer with a small twist angle. For bilayer graphene where the two layers are twisted by a…

Many intercalation compounds possess layered structures or inter-penetrating lattices that enable phase separation into three or more stable phases, or "stages," driven by competing intra-layer and inter-layer forces. While these structures…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-06-27 Raymond B. Smith , Edwin Khoo , Martin Z. Bazant

Graphene and few-layer graphene at high bias expose a wealth of phenomena due to the high temperatures reached. With in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) we observe directly how the current modifies the structure, and vice versa.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 Amelia Barreiro , Felix Boerrnert , Mark H. Ruemmeli , Bernd Buechner , Lieven M. K. Vandersypen

When electrons are confined in two dimensions and subjected to strong magnetic fields, the Coulomb interactions between them become dominant and can lead to novel states of matter such as fractional quantum Hall liquids. In these liquids…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Kirill I. Bolotin , Fereshte Ghahari , Michael D. Shulman , Horst L. Stormer , Philip Kim

The pairing symmetry of an effective Hamiltonian for interacting fermions on a twisted bilayer graphene superlattice is studied with the determinant quantum Monte Carlo method. The model has the symmetry of a triangle lattice and a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-07-03 Huaiming Guo , Xingchuan Zhu , Shiping Feng , Richard T. Scalettar

Quantum oscillations of metallic systems at low temperatures is one of the key rules to experimentally access their electronic properties, such as energy spectrum, scattering mechanisms, geometry of Fermi surface and many other features.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Z. Z. Alisultanov , M. S. Reis

The effect of strain in graphene is usually modeled by a pseudo-magnetic vector potential which is, however, derived in the limit of small strain. In realistic cases deviations are expected in view of graphene's very high strain tolerance,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-27 D. Moldovan , M. Ramezani Masir , F. M. Peeters