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The phonon thermal transport properties of twisted bi-layer graphene are investigated using lattice dynamics and the Boltzmann transport equation. The thermal conductivities of 13.2 and 21.8 twisted configurations are 56% and 36% lower than…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Shahid Ahmed , Shadab Alam , Ankit Jain

We directly image hot spot formation in functioning mono- and bilayer graphene field effect transistors (GFETs) using infrared thermal microscopy. Correlating with an electrical-thermal transport model provides insight into carrier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 Myung-Ho Bae , Zhun-Yong Ong , David Estrada , Eric Pop

Understanding the energy transport by charge carriers and phonons in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures is essential for the development of future energy-efficient 2D nanoelectronics. Here, we performed in situ spatially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Daehee Kim , Hanul Kim , Wan Soo Yun , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Heesuk Rho , Myung-Ho Bae

The two-dimensional graphene-like carbon allotrope, graphyne, has been recently fabricated and exhibits many interesting electronic properties. In this work, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of {\gamma}-graphyne by performing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-19 P. H. Jiang , H. J. Liu , L. Cheng , D. D. Fan , J. Zhang , J. Wei , J. H. Liang

Using the linearized Boltzmann transport equation and perturbation theory, we analyze the reduction in the intrinsic thermal conductivity of few-layer graphene sheets accounting for all possible three-phonon scattering events. Even with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Dhruv Singh , Jayathi Y. Murthy , Timothy S. Fisher

Properties of phonons - quanta of the crystal lattice vibrations - in graphene have attracted strong attention of the physics and engineering communities. Acoustic phonons are the main heat carriers in graphene near room temperature while…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Denis L. Nika , Alexander A. Balandin

Hybrid graphene-topological insulator (TI) devices were fabricated using a mechanical transfer method and studied via electronic transport. Devices consisting of bilayer graphene (BLG) under the TI Bi$_2$Se$_3$ exhibit differential…

Anomalous gating effects-such as gate ineffectiveness and pronounced hysteresis-have been observed in graphene-based systems encapsulated in boron nitride (BN) and linked to a possible ferroelectric state. However, their origin, stability,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-09 G. Maffione , L. S. Farrar , M. Kapfer , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , H. Aubin , D. Mailly , R. Ribeiro-Palau

When two planar atomic membranes are placed within the van der Waals distance, the charge and heat transport across the interface are coupled by the rules of momentum conservation and structural commensurability, leading to outstanding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-08 Phanibhusan S. Mahapatra , Kingshuk Sarkar , H. R. Krishnamurthy , Subroto Mukerjee , Arindam Ghosh

Detection of infrared light is central to diverse applications in security, medicine, astronomy, materials science, and biology. Often different materials and detection mechanisms are employed to optimize performance in different spectral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-03 J. Yan , M. -H. Kim , J. A. Elle , A. B. Sushkov , G. S. Jenkins , H. M. Milchberg , M. S. Fuhrer , H. D. Drew

We report on electron cooling power measurements in few-layer graphene excited by Joule heating by means of a new setup combining electrical and optical probes of the electron and phonon baths temperatures. At low bias, noise thermometry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 D. Brunel , S. Berthou , R. Parret , F. Vialla , P. Morfin , Q. Wilmart , G. Fève , J. -M. Berroir , P. Roussignol , C. Voisin , B. Plaçais

We synthesize a series of CVD h-BN films and perform critical infrared spectroscopic characterization. For high-temperature (HT, Temp = 1400 degrees) grown h-BN thin film only E1u-mode infrared phonon is activated demonstrating highly…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-11 Kwangnam Yu , Jiho Kim , Chul Lee , A-Rang Jang , Hyeon Suk Shin , Keun Soo Kim , Young-Jun Yu , E. J. Choi

It is a matter of current debate whether the gate-tunable superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene is phonon-mediated or arises from electron-electron interactions. The recent observation of the strong coupling of electrons to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-20 Glenn Wagner , Yves H. Kwan , Nick Bultinck , Steven H. Simon , S. A. Parameswaran

We theoretically consider, comparing with the existing experimental literature, the electrical conductivity of gated monolayer graphene as a function of carrier density, temperature, and disorder in order to assess the prospects of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-28 S. Das Sarma , E. H. Hwang

We report on the investigation of periodic superstructures in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) van-der-Waals heterostructures, where one of the graphene layers is aligned to hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Our theoretical simulations reveal…

Low-frequency 1/f noise in electronics is a conductance fluctuation, that has been expressed in terms of a mobility "$\alpha$-noise" by Hooge and Kleinpenning. Understanding this noise in graphene is a key towards high-performance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 A. Schmitt , D. Mele , M. Rosticher , T. Taniguchi , K. Watanabe , C. Maestre , C. Journet , V. Garnier , G. Fève , J. M. Berroir , C. Voisin , B. Plaçais , 1 , E. Baudin

We present a first-principles study of the temperature- and density-dependent intrinsic electrical resistivity of graphene. We use density-functional theory and density-functional perturbation theory together with very accurate Wannier…

MXene-based heterostructures have received considerable interest owing to their unique properties. Herein, we examine various heterostructures of a prototypical MXene and graphene using density functional theory. We find that the adhesion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 Rui Li , Weiwei Sun , Cheng Zhan , Paul R. C. Kent , De-en Jiang

We have investigated the energy loss of hot electrons in metallic graphene by means of GHz noise thermometry at liquid helium temperature. We observe the electronic temperature T / V at low bias in agreement with the heat diffusion to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-14 A. C. Betz , F. Vialla , D. Brunel , C. Voisin , M. Picher , A. Cavanna , A. Madouri , G. Fève , J. -M. Berroir , B. Plaçais , E. Pallecchi

In this paper we give a detailed analysis of the expected sensitivity and operating conditions in the power detection mode of a hot-electron bolometer (HEB) made from a few {\mu}m$^2$ of monolayer graphene (MLG) flake which can be embedded…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Boris S. Karasik , Christopher B. McKitterick , Daniel E. Prober