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We study theoretically the electron current across a monolayer graphene/hexagonal boron nitride/bilayer graphene tunnelling junction in an external magnetic field perpendicular to the layers. We show that change in effective tunnelling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-18 J. J . P. Thompson , D. J. Leech , M. Mucha-Kruczyński

Dirac electrons in graphene have a valley degree of freedom that is being explored as a carrier of information. In that context of "valleytronics" one seeks to coherently manipulate the valley index. Here we show that reflection from a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 C. W. J. Beenakker , N. V. Gnezdilov , E. Dresselhaus , V. P. Ostroukh , Y. Herasymenko , I. Adagideli , J. Tworzydlo

We describe an angularly asymmetric interface-scattering mechanism which allows to spatially separate the electrons in the two low-energy valleys of bilayer graphene. The effect occurs at electrostatically defined interfaces separating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-05 Henning Schomerus

We discuss valley current, which is carried by quasiparticles in graphene. We show that the valley current arises owing to a peculiar term in the electron-phonon collision integral that mixes the scalar and vector gauge-field-like vertices…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Ankang Liu , Alexander M. Finkel'stein

First principles calculations, employed to address the properties of polycrystalline graphene, indicate that the electronic structure of tilt grain boundaries in this system displays a rather complex evolution towards graphene bulk, as the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Joice da Silva Araujo , R. W. Nunes

We study the electronic structure of Dirac fermions scattered by double barrier potential in graphene under strain effect. We show that traction and compression strains can be used to generate fermion beam collimation, 1D channels, surface…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-01 El Bouâzzaoui Choubabi , Abdellatif Kamal , Ahmed Jellal , Hocine Bahlouli

We consider the corrugated monolayer graphene membrane electromagnetic (from both valleys) response in terahertz range. We study the generated in irradiated graphene total current for the first time taking into account both the synthetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-14 Yu. A. Firsov , N. E. Firsova

The aim of this work is to describe the electronic properties of graphene in a constant magnetic field in the long wavelength approximation with random binary disorder, by solving the Soven equation self-consistently. Density of state…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-03 Juan Sebastian Ardenghi , Pablo Bechthold , Estela Gonzalez , Paula Jasen , Alfredo Juan

Atomically thin two-dimensional layer of honeycomb crystalline carbon known as graphene is a promising system for electronics. It has a point-like Fermi surface, which is very sensitive to external potentials. In particular, Zeeman magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 M. Khodas , I. A. Zaliznyak , D. E. Kharzeev

We address the intrinsic polarisation and screening of external electric field in a broad range of ordered and twisted configurations of multilayer graphene, using an ab initio approach combining density functional theory and the Wannier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-11 Nikita V. Tepliakov , QuanSheng Wu , Oleg V. Yazyev

We put forward a concept to create highly collimated, non-dispersive electron beams in pseudo-relativistic Dirac materials such as graphene or topological insulator surfaces. Combining negative refraction and Klein collimation at a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 Ming-Hao Liu , Cosimo Gorini , Klaus Richter

Spatially varying strained graphene can acquire interesting electronic properties because of the strain-induced valley-dependent gauge (pseudomagnetic) fields1,2. Here we report the realization of strained graphene regions located close to…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-31 Jun-Fang Liu , Ke-Ke Bai , Jia-Bin Qiao , Yu Zhou , Jia-Cai Nie , Hailin Peng , Zhongfan Liu , Lin He

Graphene is a two-dimensional carbon material which exhibits exceptional properties, making it highly suitable for a wide range of applications. Practical graphene fabrication often yields a polycrystalline structure with many inherent…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-11-13 Zihua Liu , Debabrata Panja , Gerard T. Barkema

Generating discernible valley contrasts and segregating valley-indexed fermions in real space within graphene poses considerable challenges due to the isotropic transport within the continuum energy range for degenerate valleys. This study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Shrushti Tapar , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

Most materials in available macroscopic quantities are polycrystalline. Graphene, a recently discovered two-dimensional form of carbon with strong potential for replacing silicon in future electronics, is no exception. There is growing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 Oleg V. Yazyev , Steven G. Louie

Considering the difference of energy bands in graphene and silicene, we put forward a new model of the graphene-silicene-graphene (GSG) heterojunction. In the GSG, we study the valley polarization properties in a zigzag nanoribbon in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Man Shen , Yan-Yang Zhang , Xing-Tao An , Jian-Jun Liu , Shu-Shen Li

Exact stationary solutions of the electron-photon Dirac equation are obtained to describe the strong interaction between massless Dirac fermions in graphene and circularly polarized photons. It follows from them that this interaction forms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-26 O. V. Kibis

We report on the possibility of valley number fractionalization in graphene with a topological defect that is accounted for in Dirac equation by a pseudomagnetic field. The valley number fractionalization is attributable to an imbalance on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Angel E. Obispo , Marcelo Hott

Graphene, a single atomic layer of graphitic carbon, has attracted intense attention due to its extraordinary properties that make it a suitable material for a wide range of technological applications. Large-area graphene films, which are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-18 Oleg V. Yazyev , Yong P. Chen

The tunnel current (TC) and valley current (VC) are crucial in realizing high-speed and energy-saving in next-generation devices. This paper presents the TC and VC link in the partially overlapped graphene. Under the vertical electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 Ryo Tamura