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Flexible energy harvesting devices fabricated in scalable thin-film processes are important components in the field of wearable electronics and the Internet of Things. We present a flexible rectenna based on a one-dimensional junction…

Here it is shown that graphene membranes that separate 2 gases at identical pressure are deflected by osmotic pressure. The osmotic pressure is a consequence of differences in gas permeation rates into a graphene enclosed cavity. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 Robin J. Dolleman , Santiago J. Cartamil-Bueno , Herre S. J. van der Zant , Peter G. Steeneken

It is evidenced by numerical calculations that optically pumped graphene is suitable for compensating inherent loss in terahertz (THz) metamaterials. In a first step, the complex conductivity of graphene under optical pumping is calculated…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-18 Peter Weis , Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar , Marco Rahm

Graphene-based photodetectors have shown responsivities up to 10$^8$A/W and photoconductive gains up to 10$^{8}$ electrons per photon. These photodetectors rely on a highly absorbing layer in close proximity of graphene, which induces a…

Mechanical resonators are ubiquitous in modern information technology. With the ability to couple them to electromagnetic and plasmonic modes, they hold the promise to be the key building blocks in future quantum information technology.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-04 John P. Mathew , Raj N. Patel , Abhinandan Borah , R. Vijay , Mandar M. Deshmukh

Sensitive microwave detectors are critical instruments in radioastronomy, dark matter axion searches, and superconducting quantum information science. The conventional strategy towards higher-sensitivity bolometry is to nanofabricate an…

Atomically thin layers of two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene, MoS2 and h-BN have immense potential as sensors and electronic devices thanks to their highly desirable electronic, mechanical, optical and heat transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-03 Nicholas D. Kay , Peter D. Tovee , Benjamin J. Robinson , Konstantin S. Novoselov , Oleg V. Kolosov

We demonstrate that polymer composites with a low loading of graphene, below 1.2 wt. %, are efficient as electromagnetic absorbers in the THz frequency range. The epoxy-based graphene composites were tested at frequencies from 0.25 THz to 4…

Low-frequency magnetic fields carry vital information for neuroscience, navigation, and Earth science. However, they are generally weak, making it challenging to measure them with compact, room-temperature magnetometers. To overcome this…

An in-situ study of Hall sensors based on single-layered graphene in neutron fluxes of a nuclear reactor to the fluence of 1.5e20 n/sq,m was conducted. The sensitivity of the sensors to the magnetic field remained stable throughout the…

A novel method for fast fabrication of mesoscopic multilayered graphene electronic devices utilizing nanoprobes to exfoliate graphite flakes is developed. The magnetoresistance of these devices exhibit pronounced Shubnikov-de Haas…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-10 Christopher Coleman , Davie Mtsuko , Chris Botha , Somnath Bhattacharyyaa

Stochastic switching between the two bistable states of a strongly driven mechanical resonator enables detection of weak signals based on probability distributions, in a manner that mimics biological systems. However, conventional silicon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Robin J. Dolleman , Pierpaolo Belardinelli , Samer Houri , Herre S. J. van der Zant , Farbod Alijani , Peter G. Steeneken

We study the vibrational, magnetic and transport properties of Few Layer Graphene (FLG) using Raman and electron spin resonance spectroscopy and microwave conductivity measurements. FLG samples were produced using wet chemical exfoliation…

Atomic force spectroscopy and microscopy (AFM) are invaluable tools to characterize nanostructures and biological systems. Most experiments, including state-of-the-art images of molecular bonds, are achieved by driving probes at their…

Graphene has emerged as a promising building block in the modern optics and optoelectronics due to its novel optical and electrical properties. In the mid-infrared and terahertz (THz) regime, graphene behaves like metals and supports…

Optics · Physics 2017-11-15 Shuyuan Xiao , Tao Wang , Xiaoyun Jiang , Xicheng Yan , Le Cheng , Boyun Wang , Chen Xu

Resonance diffraction in the periodic array of graphene micro-ribbons is theoretically studied following a recent experiment [L. Ju et al, Nature Nanotech. 6, 630 (2011)]. Systematic studies over a wide range of parameters are presented. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Yu. Nikitin , F. Guinea , F. J. Garcia-Vidal , L. Martin-Moreno

We perform both molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical analysis to study the sensitivity of the graphene nanomechanical resonator based mass sensors, which are actuated following the global extended mode or the localized edge mode.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-11 Guang-Rong Han , Jin-Wu Jiang

Light absorption in graphene causes a large change in electron temperature, due to low electronic heat capacity and weak electron phonon coupling [1-3], making it very attractive as a hot-electron bolometer material. Unfortunately, the weak…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 A. El Fatimy , R. L. Myers-Ward , A. K. Boyd , K. M. Daniels , D. K. Gaskill , P. Barbara

The optical absorption properties of graphene wrapped dielectric particles have been investigated by using Mie scattering theory and exact multi-scattering method. It is shown that subwavelength strong absorption in infrared spectra can…

Optics · Physics 2015-02-11 Bing Yang , Tong Wu , Yue Yang , Xiangdong Zhang

We review calculations and measurements of the phonon-dispersion relation of graphite. First-principles calculations using density-functional theory are generally in good agreement with the experimental data since the long-range character…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-08-07 Ludger Wirtz , Angel Rubio