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We examine 2D electron transport through a long narrow channel driven by an external electric field in presence of diffusive boundary scattering. At zero temperature, we derive an analytical solution of the transition from ballistic to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Philipp Heilmann , Pavlo V. Pyshkin , Björn Trauzettel

Using the transfer matrix technique, we investigate the propagation of electron through a two dimensional disordered sample. We find that the spatial distribution of electrons is homogeneous only in the limit of weak disorder (diffusive…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2010-09-28 P. Markos

We reveal a dramatic departure of electron thermodiffusion in solids relative to the commonly accepted picture of the ideal free-electron gas model. In particular, we show that the interaction with the lattice and impurities, combined with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Deng Pan , Hongxing Xu , F. Javier García de Abajo

We investigate the current proportional to the cross product of an electric field and a temperature gradient, which we call the Nonlinear Chiral Thermo-Electric (NCTE) Hall effect, in 3D chiral magnetic structures. We analyze both discrete…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-02 Terufumi Yamaguchi , Kazuki Nakazawa , Ai Yamakage

The outstanding electronic properties of relativistic-like fermions have been extensively studied in solid state systems with isotropic linear dispersions such as graphene. Here, we show that 2D and 3D Dirac-Weyl (DW) materials exhibiting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Viet Hung Nguyen , Jean-Christophe Charlier

We consider quantum rings realized in materials where the dynamics of charge carriers mimics that of two-dimensional (2D) Dirac electrons. A general theoretical description of the ring-subband structure is developed that applies to a range…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-17 L. Gioia , U. Zülicke , M. Governale , R. Winkler

The paper presents a theoretical description of the effects of strain induced by out-of-plane deformations on charge distributions and transport on graphene. A review of a continuum model for electrons using the Dirac formalism is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-15 Dawei Zhai , Nancy Sandler

The topological properties of a material's electronic structure are encoded in its Berry curvature, a quantity which is intimately related to the transverse electrical conductivity. In transition metal dichalcogenides with broken inversion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 Fei Xue , V. P. Amin , P. M. Haney

At near-parallel orientation, twisted bilayer of transition metal dichalcogenides exhibit inter-layer charge transfer-driven out-of-plane ferroelectricity that may lead to unique electronic device architectures. Here we report detailed…

This study is devoted to the profound implications of tilted Dirac cones on the quantum transport properties of two-dimensional (2D) Dirac materials. These materials, characterized by their linear conic energy dispersions in the vicinity of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Rasha Al-Marzoog , Ali Rezaei , Zahra Noorinejad , Mohsen Amini , Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi , S. A. Jafari

Using a diagrammatic scheme, we study the acoustoelectric effects in two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal Dirac materials due to the sound-induced pseudo-gauge field. We analyze both uniform and {\em spatially dispersive} currents in response to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Pankaj Bhalla , Giovanni Vignale , Habib Rostami

We have considered the conductivity properties of a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in two different kinds of inhomogeneous magnetic fields, i.e.\ a disordered distribution of magnetic flux vortices, and a periodic array of magnetic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-14 Mads Nielsen , Per Hedegård

The low-field electron diffusion, noise, and the conduction in amorphous chalcogenides are investigated by means of a Monte Carlo implementation of a full three- dimensional variable-range hopping transport model between localized states.…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-05 Fabrizio Buscemi , Enrico Piccinini , Rossella Brunetti , Massimo Rudan , Carlo Jacoboni

We present a unified theory of charge carrier transport in 2D Dirac systems with broken mirror inversion and time-reversal symmetries (e.g., as realized in ferromagnetic graphene). We find that the entanglement between spin and pseudospin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-21 Manuel Offidani , Aires Ferreira

Rejuvenation of hydrodynamic transport in solids provides a new window to study collective motion of electrons, where electrons behave like a viscous fluid akin to classical liquids. Experimental observations of such exotic states have not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-13 Weiwei Chen , W. Zhu

Valleytronics harnesses the valley degree of freedom -- energy-degenerate extrema in the electronic band structure -- for information storage and processing. Valley Hall effect (VHE) is a cornerstone of valleytronics, enabling electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Jin Cao , Shen Lai , Cong Xiao , Qian Niu , Shengyuan A. Yang

While electron-electron (e-e) interactions are known to influence resistivity in non-Galilean invariant two-dimensional (2D) systems, their effect on magnetotransport is not fully understood. Conventional models for simple bands often…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 G. M. Gusev , A. D. Levin , V. A. Chitta , Z. D. Kvon , N. N. Mikhailov

Gapped 2D Dirac materials, in which inversion symmetry is broken by a gap-opening perturbation, feature a unique valley transport regime. The system ground state hosts dissipationless persistent valley currents existing even when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 Yuri D. Lensky , Justin C. W. Song , Polnop Samutpraphoot , Leonid S. Levitov

Utilizing spin or valley degree of freedom is one of the promising approaches to realize more energy-efficient information processing. In the 2D transition metal dichalcogenide, the spin/valley current can be generated by utilizing the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-09 Abdullah Rasmita , Chongyun Jiang , Hui Ma , Zhurun Ji , Ritesh Agarwal , Wei-bo Gao

The quantum Hall effect (QHE), which was observed in 2D electron gas under an external magnetic field, stands out as one of the most remarkable transport phenomena in condensed matter. However, a long standing puzzle remains regarding the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Humian Zhou , Chui-Zhen Chen , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie