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Starting from the graphene lattice tight-binding Hamiltonian with an on-site U and long-range Coulomb repulsion, we derive an interacting continuum Dirac theory governing the low-energy behavior of graphene in an applied magnetic field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jason Alicea , Matthew P. A. Fisher

Periodic arrays of antidots, i.e. nanoscale perforations, in graphene enable tight confinement of carriers and efficient transport barriers. Such barriers evade the Klein tunneling mechanism by being of the mass rather than electrostatic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-11 Thomas Garm Pedersen , Jesper Goor Pedersen

There is evidence for existence of massless Dirac quasi-particles in graphene, which satisfy Dirac equation in (1+2) dimensions near the so called Dirac points which lie at the corners at the graphene's brilluoin zone. We revisit the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Riazuddin

When electrons are confined in two-dimensional (2D) materials, quantum mechanically enhanced transport phenomena, as exemplified by the quantum Hall effects (QHE), can be observed. Graphene, an isolated single atomic layer of graphite, is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yuanbo Zhang , Yan-Wen Tan , Horst L. Stormer , Philip Kim

In order to use graphene for semiconductor applications, such as transistors with high on/off ratios, a band gap must be introduced into this otherwise semimetallic material. A promising method of achieving a band gap is by introducing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-18 M. R. Thomsen , S. J. Brun , T. G. Pedersen

Antidot lattices, defined on a two-dimensional electron gas at a semiconductor heterostructure, are a well-studied class of man-made structures with intriguing physical properties. We point out that a closely related system, graphene sheets…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-04 Thomas G. Pedersen , Christian Flindt , Jesper Pedersen , Niels Asger Mortensen , Antti-Pekka Jauho , Kjeld Pedersen

Electrons in graphene behave like Dirac fermions, permitting phenomena from high energy physics to be studied in a solid state setting. A key question is whether or not these Fermions are critically influenced by Coulomb correlations. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-20 James P. Reed , Bruno Uchoa , Young Il Joe , Yu Gan , Diego Casa , Eduardo Fradkin , Peter Abbamonte

We review the basic aspects of electrons in graphene (two-dimensional graphite) exposed to a strong perpendicular magnetic field. One of its most salient features is the relativistic quantum Hall effect the observation of which has been the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-24 M. O. Goerbig

Strongly correlated electron liquids which occur in quantizing magnetic fields reveal a cornucopia of fascinating quantum phenomena such as fractionally charged quasiparticles, anyonic statistics, topological order, and many others. Probing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-09 D. A. Abanin , I. Skachko , X. Du , E. Y. Andrei , L. S. Levitov

In an ideal graphene sheet charge carriers behave as two-dimensional (2D) Dirac fermions governed by the quantum mechanics of massless relativistic particles. This has been confirmed by the discovery of a half-integer quantum Hall effect in…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Yuanbo Zhang , Victor W. Brar , Caglar Girit , Alex Zettl , Michael F. Crommie

The interplay between localized magnetic moments and itinerant electrons gives rise to exotic quantum states in condensed matter systems. Two-dimensional moire superlattices offer a powerful platform for engineering heavy fermion states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-17 Le Zhang , Wenqiang Zhou , Xinjie Fang , Zhen Zhan , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Yi-feng Yang , Shuigang Xu

We report on quantum-interference measurements in top-gated Hall bars of monolayer graphene epitaxially grown on the Si face of SiC, in which the transition from negative to positive magnetoresistance was achieved varying temperature and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-06 Andrea Iagallo , Shinichi Tanabe , Stefano Roddaro , Makoto Takamura , Hiroki Hibino , Stefan Heun

The energy spectrum of graphene sheet with a single barrier structure having a time periodic oscillating height and subjected to magnetic field is analyzed. The corresponding transmission is studied as function of the obtained energy and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Ahmed Jellal , Miloud Mekkaoui , El Bouazzaoui Choubabi , Hocine Bahlouli

We establish the theoretical foundation of the Floquet graphene antidot lattice, whereby massless Dirac fermions are driven periodically by a circularly polarized electromagnetic field, while having their motion excluded from an array of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Andrew Cupo , Emilio Cobanera , James D. Whitfield , Chandrasekhar Ramanathan , Lorenza Viola

Electron supercollimation, in which a wavepacket is guided to move undistorted along a selected direction, is a highly desirable property that has yet been realized experimentally. Disorder in general is expected to inhibit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 SangKook Choi , Cheol-Hwan Park , Steven G. Louie

We numerically study the interplay of band structure, topological invariant and disorder effect in two-dimensional electron system of graphene in a magnetic field. Two \emph{distinct} quantum Hall effect (QHE) regimes exist in the energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. N. Sheng , L. Sheng , Z. Y. Weng

Stacking two graphene layers twisted by the 'magic angle' $\theta \approx 1.1^\circ$ generates flat energy bands, which in turn catalyzes various strongly correlated phenomena depending on filling and sample details. At charge neutrality,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-03-24 Alex Thomson , Jason Alicea

Monolayer graphene in a strong magnetic field exhibits quantum Hall states at filling fractions $\nu = 0$ and $\nu = \pm 1$ that are not explained within a picture of noninteracting electrons. We propose that these states arise from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-27 Bitan Roy , Malcolm P. Kennett , S. Das Sarma

Two-dimensional (2D) materials, composed of single atomic layers, have attracted vast research interest since the breakthrough discovery of graphene. One major benefit of such systems is the simple ability to tune the chemical potential by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-10-01 Gopi Nath Daptary , Eyal Walach , Efrat Shimshoni , Aviad Frydman

The electronic properties of graphene may be changed from semimetallic to semiconducting by introducing perforations (antidots) in a periodic pattern. The properties of such graphene antidot lattices (GALs) have previously been studied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-12 S. J. Brun , M. R. Thomsen , T. G. Pedersen