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We consider superconducting properties of a two-dimensional Dirac material such as graphene under strain that produces a flat band spectrum in the normal state. We show that in the superconducting state, such a model results in a highly…

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Turbostratic multilayer graphene, composed of randomly twisted and stacked graphene sheets, offers a naturally disordered yet tunable platform for exploring moir\'e physics beyond tedious artificial stacking. Using scanning tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-23 Mona Garg , Ankit Kumar , Deepti Rana , Anmol Arya , Aswini R , Umesh Waghmare , G. U. Kulkarni , Goutam Sheet

Strain offers a straightforward and effective method for generating pseudo-magnetic fields in optical and acoustic materials, thereby enabling precise manipulation of wave propagation. In this article, we investigate and justify wave packet…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Chengyu Zhang , Borui Miao , Yi Zhu

Recent experiments showed that non-uniform strain can be produced by depositing graphene over pillars. We employed atomistic calculations to study the non-uniform strain and the induced pseudo-magnetic field up to 5000 Tesla in graphene on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Neek-Amal , L. Covaci , F. M. Peeters

The electromagnetic response of bilayer graphene in a magnetic field is studied in comparison with that of monolayer graphene. Both types of graphene turn out to be qualitatively quite similar in dielectric and screening characteristics,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Misumi , K. Shizuya

Strain-induced pseudo magnetic fields offer the possibility of realizing zero magnetic field Quantum Hall effect in graphene, possibly up to room temperature, representing a promising avenue for lossless charge transport applications.…

The occurrence of Landau levels in quantum mechanics when a charged particle is subjected to a uniform magnetic field is well known. Considering the recent interest in the electronic properties of graphene, which admits a dispersion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-18 Aritra Ghosh

We study tunneling across a strain-induced superlattice in graphene. In studying the effect of applied strain on the low-lying Dirac-like spectrum, both a shift of the Dirac points in reciprocal space, and a deformation of the Dirac cones…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-08 F. M. D. Pellegrino , G. G. N. Angilella , R. Pucci

The electronic spectrum of three coupled graphene layers (graphene trilayers) is investigated in the presence of an external magnetic field. We obtain analytical expressions for the Landau level spectrum for both the ABA and ABC - type of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-06 J. M. Pereira , S. H. R. Sena , F. M. Peeters , G. A. Farias

The low-energy physics of graphene is described by relativistic Dirac fermions with spin and valley degrees of freedom. Mechanical strain can be used to create a pseudo magnetic field pointing to opposite directions in the two valleys. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-29 Ying-Hai Wu , Tao Shi , G. J. Sreejith , Zheng-Xin Liu

Analysis of the strain-induced pseudomagnetic fields (PMFs) generated in graphene nanobulges under three different substrate scenarios shows that, in addition to the shape, the graphene-substrate interaction can crucially determine the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-18 Zenan Qi , Alexander L. Kitt , Harold S. Park , Vitor M. Pereira , David K. Campbell , A. H. Castro Neto

It is known that Dirac nodes can be present at high-symmetry points of Brillouin zone only for certain space groups. For these cases, the effect of strain is treated by symmetry considerations. The dependence of strain-induced potentials on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 A. D. Zabolotskiy , Yu. E. Lozovik

Pseudospin, an additional degree of freedom inherent in graphene, plays a key role in understanding many fundamental phenomena such as the anomalous quantum Hall effect, electron chirality and Klein paradox. Unlike the electron spin, the…

Magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (MATTG) recently emerged as a highly tunable platform for studying correlated phases of matter, such as correlated insulators and superconductivity. Superconductivity occurs in a range of doping levels…

In a system with Dirac cones, spatial modulation in material parameters induces a pseudo magnetic field, which acts like an external magnetic field. Here, we derive a concise formula to count the pseudo Landau levels in the simplest setup…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-28 Toshikaze Kariyado

Self-similarity and fractals have fascinated researchers across various disciplines. In graphene placed on boron nitride and subjected to a magnetic field, self-similarity appears in the form of numerous replicas of the original Dirac…

Realistic relaxed configurations of triaxially strained graphene quantum dots are obtained from unbiased atomistic mechanical simulations. The local electronic structure and quantum transport characteristics of y-junctions based on such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-20 Zenan Qi , D. A. Bahamon , Vitor M. Pereira , Harold S. Park , D. K. Campbell , A. H. Castro Neto

The electronic properties of bilayer graphene strongly depend on relative orientation of the two atomic lattices. Whereas Bernal-stacked graphene is most commonly studied, a rotational mismatch between layers opens up a whole new field of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-15 Hennrik Schmidt , Johannes C. Rode , Dmitri Smirnov , Rolf J. Haug

Gallium nitride nanowire and nanorod substrates with different morphology are prospective platforms allowing to control the local strain distribution in graphene films top of them, resulting in an induction of pseudomagnetic fields. Atomic…

We investigate the effects of homogeneous and inhomogeneous deformations and edge disorder on the conductance of gated graphene nanoribbons. Under increasing homogeneous strain the conductance of such devices initially decreases before it…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-24 Diana A. Cosma , Marcin Mucha-Kruczynski , Henning Schomerus , Vladimir I. Fal'ko