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Recent progress in the design and fabrication of artificial two-dimensional (2D) materials paves the way for the experimental realization of electron systems moving on plane fractals. In this work, we present the results of computer…
As an emerging complex two-dimensional structure, plane fractal has attracted much attention due to its novel dimension-related physical properties. In this paper, we check the feasibility to create an effective Sierpinski carpet (SC), a…
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Recent progress in controllable functionalization of graphene surfaces enables the experimental realization of complex functionalized graphene nanostructures, such as Sierpinski carpet (SC) fractals. Herein, we model the SC fractals formed…
We present an experimental spectroscopic study of large random colloidal aggregates of silver nanoparticles undergoing local restructuring. We argue that such well-known phenomena as strong fluctuation of local electromagnetic fields,…
The Aubry-Andre model is a one-dimensional lattice model for quasicrystals with localized and delocalized phases. At the localization transition point, the system displays fractal spectrum, which relates to the Hofstadter butterfly. In this…
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The family of $V$-variable fractals provides a means of interpolating between two families of random fractals previously considered in the literature; scale irregular fractals ($V=1$) and random recursive fractals ($V=\infty$). We consider…
Fractals, a fascinating mathematical concept made popular in the eighties, remained for decades a beautiful scientific curiosity mainly. With the tremendous advances in nanofabrication techniques, such as nanolithography, it has become…
We study gated field effect transistors (FETs) with fractal geometries under Dyakonov and Shur asymmetric boundary conditions, where the source and drain span the left and right edges of the device respectively. An AC THz potential…
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