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Optical excitation and subsequent decay of graphene plasmons can produce a significant increase in charge-carrier temperature. An efficient method to convert this temperature elevation into a measurable electrical signal at room temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 Qiushi Guo , Renwen Yu , Cheng Li , Shaofan Yuan , Bingchen Deng , F. Javier García de Abajo , Fengnian Xia

The linear energy-momentum dispersion, coupled with pseudo-spinors, makes graphene an ideal solid-state material platform to realize an electronic device based on Dirac-Fermionic relativistic quantum mechanics. Employing local gate control,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-21 Ke Wang , Mirza M. Elahi , K. M. Masum Habib , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Avik W. Ghosh , Gil-Ho Lee , Philip Kim

The energy of ionic thermal motion presents universally, which is as high as 4 kJ\bullet kg-1\bullet K-1 in aqueous solution, where thermal velocity of ions is in the order of hundreds of meters per second at room temperature1,2. Moreover,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-13 Zihan Xu , Guoan Tai , Yungang Zhou , Fei Gao , Kin Hung Wong

Graphene-based devices have shown great promise for several applications. For graphene devices to be used in real-world systems, it is necessary to demonstrate competitive device performance, repeatability of results, reliability, and a…

Graphene has recently been attracting considerable interest because of its exceptional conductivity, mechanical strength, thermal stability, etc. Graphene-based devices exhibit high potential for applications in flexible electronics,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-08-06 Viet Phuong Pham

Graphene has been considered as a promising material for opto-electronic devices, because of its tunable and wideband optical properties. In this work, we demonstrate electro-refractive phase modulation in graphene at wavelengths from 1530…

Flexible pressure sensors are an attractive area of research due to their potential applications in biomedical sensing and wearable devices. Among flexible and wearable pressure sensors, capacitive pressure sensors show significant…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-11-12 Lekshmi A. Kurup , Cameron M. Cole , Joshua N. Arthur , Soniya D. Yambem

We investigate the thermal conductivity of suspended graphene as a function of the density of defects, ND, introduced in a controllable way. Graphene layers are synthesized using chemical vapor deposition, transferred onto a transmission…

We propose an analytical framework to design actively tunable narrowband thermal emitters at infrared frequencies. We exemplify the proposed design rules using phase-change materials (PCM), considering dielectric-to-dielectric PCMs (e.g.…

Graphene, a 2-dimensional monolayer form of sp2 hybridizated carbon atoms, is attracting increasing attention due to its unique and superior physicochemical properties. Covalently functionalized graphene layers, with their modifiable…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-08-11 Karolina Z. Milowska , Jacek A. Majewski

The ability to actively regulate heat flow at the nanoscale could be a game changer for applications in thermal management and energy harvesting. Such a breakthrough could also enable the control of heat flow using thermal circuits, in a…

Electrons in a periodic lattice can propagate without scattering for macroscopic distances despite the presence of the non-uniform Coulomb potential due to the nuclei. Such ballistic motion of electrons allows the use of a transverse…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Thiti Taychatanapat , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

A numerical modeling study based on 3D finite element method (FEM) simulation and 1D analytical solutions has been carried out to evaluate the capabilities of two ac methods for measuring in-plane thermal conductivity of thin film deposited…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-12-22 Hanfu Wang , Yanjun Guo , Kaiwu Peng , Weiguo Chu , Guangming Chen

Single-molecule sensing is at the core of modern biophysics and nanoscale science, from revolutionizing healthcare through rapid, low-cost sequencing to understanding various physical, chemical, and biological processes at their most basic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-10 Daniel Gruss , Alex Smolyanitsky , Michael Zwolak

An innovative and accurate dynamic Compact Thermal Model extraction method is proposed for multi-chip power electronics systems. It accounts for thermal coupling between multiple heat sources. Transient electro-thermal coupling can easily…

General Physics · Physics 2008-01-08 W. Habra , P. Tounsi , F. Madrid , P. Dupuy , C. Barbot , J. -M. Dorkel

Graphene is considered to be a promising candidate for future nano-electronics due to its exceptional electronic properties. Unfortunately, the graphene field-effect-transistors (FETs) cannot be turned off effectively due to the absence of…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-02-11 Fengnian Xia , Damon B. Farmer , Yu-ming Lin , Phaedon Avouris

Graphene nanosheets (GNS) paper is widely regarded as a promising candidate for heat dissipation due to its outstanding thermal conductivity. However, the accompanied high electrical conductivity makes it unfavorable for thermal management…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-08 Xiaojuan Tian

We study graphene in a two-dimensional dynamical noncommutative space in the presence of a constant magnetic field. The model is solved using perturbation theory and to the second order of perturbation. The energy levels of the system are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-17 Ilyas Haouam , S Ali Alavi

Thermal energy storage using sensible heating of a solid storage medium is a potential low-cost technology for long-duration energy storage. To effectively get heat in and out of the solid material, channels of heat transfer fluid can be…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Shomik Verma , Colin Kelsall , Kyle Buznitsky , Alina LaPotin , Ashwin Sandeep , Asegun Henry

The excellent electronic and mechanical properties of graphene provide a perfect basis for high performance flexible electronic and sensor devices. Here, we present the fabrication and characterization of flexible graphene based Hall…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Zhenxing Wang , Mehrdad Shaygan , Martin Otto , Daniel Schall , Daniel Neumaier