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We propose a graphene-based model for realizing a new type of gapless condensate by pairing of electron-like (n) carriers of a Dirac cone conduction band with hole-like (p) carriers of a Dirac valance band. Ferromagnetic superconductivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Mir Vahid Hosseini , Malek Zareyan

In this work, we study the synergistic correlated states in two distinct types of interacting electronic systems coupled by interlayer Coulomb interactions. We propose that this scenario can be realized in a type of Coulomb-coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Xin Lu , Shihao Zhang , Yaning Wang , Xiang Gao , Kaining Yang , Zhongqing Guo , Yuchen Gao , Yu Ye , Zheng Vitto Han , Jianpeng Liu

We show that topological waves at the interface between two magnetic domains in a graphene device are possible. First, we consider the case of a linear relation between the applied gate voltage and local density in the channel and,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-06 A. Ciobanu , P. Cosme , H. Terças

In this comprehensive study, we conduct a theoretical investigation into the Stark shift of topological states (TSs) in finite armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) and heterostructures under transverse electric fields. Our focus centers on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-12 David M T Kuo

The topological properties of electronic edge states in time-periodically driven spatially-periodic corrugated zigzag graphene nanoribbons are studied. An effective one-dimensional Hamiltonian is used to describe the electronic properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-25 Pedro Roman-Taboada , Gerardo G. Naumis

We theoretically study electronic properties of a graphene sheet on xy plane in a spatially nonuniform magnetic field, $B = B_0 \hat{z}$ in one domain and $B = B_1 \hat{z}$ in the other domain, in the quantum Hall regime and in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-03 Sunghun Park , H. -S. Sim

The ground state of a graphene sheet at charge neutrality in a perpendicular magnetic field remains enigmatic, with various experiments supporting canted antiferromagnetic, bond ordered, and even charge density wave phases. A promising…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Arup Kumar Paul , Manas Ranjan Sahu , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , J. K. Jain , Ganpathy Murthy , Anindya Das

We prescribe general rules to predict the existence of edge states and zero-energy flat bands in graphene nanoribbons and graphene edges of arbitrary shape. No calculations are needed. For the so-called {\it{minimal}} edges, the projection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 W. Jaskolski , A. Ayuela , M. Pelc , H. Santos , L. Chico

Magnetic order in graphene-related structures can arise from size effects or from topological frustration. We introduce a rigorous classification scheme for the types of finite graphene structures (nano-flakes) which lead to large net spin…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 Wei L. Wang , Oleg V. Yazyev , Sheng Meng , Efthimios Kaxiras

The occurrence of superconducting and insulating phases is well-established in twisted graphene bilayers, and they have also been reported in other arrangements of graphene layers. We investigate three such arrangements: untwisted AB…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-11 Pierre A. Pantaleon , Tommaso Cea , Rory Brown , Niels R. Walet , Francisco Guinea

We study the quantum many-body ground states of electrons on the half-filled honeycomb lattice with short- and long-ranged density-density interactions as a model for graphene. To this end, we employ the recently developed truncated-unity…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-12-06 David Sánchez de la Peña , Julian Lichtenstein , Carsten Honerkamp , Michael M. Scherer

We consider plane junctions with graphene electrodes, which are formed by a single-level system ("molecule") placed between the edges of two single-layer graphene half planes. We calculate the edge Green functions of the electrodes and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Dmitry A. Ryndyk , Jan Bundesmann , Ming-Hao Liu , Klaus Richter

Generalized honeycomb-structured materials have received increasing attention due to their novel topological properties. In this article, we investigate zero-energy edge states in tight-binding models for such materials with two different…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Borui Miao , Yi Zhu

Graphene and topological insulators (TI) possess two-dimensional Dirac fermions with distinct physical properties. Integrating these two Dirac materials in a single device creates interesting opportunities for exploring new physics of…

The energy spectrum and electronic density of states (DOS) of zigzag graphene nanoribbons with edges reconstructed with topological defects are investigated within the tight-binding method. In case of the Stone-Wales zz (57) edge the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-11 Richard Pincak , Jan Smotlacha , Vladimir A. Osipov

Topological interface states in periodic lattices have emerged as valuable assets in the fields of electronics, photonics, and phononics, owing to their inherent robustness against disorder. Unlike electronics and photonics, the linear…

We study electromagnetic properties of a double layer graphene system in which electrons from one layer are coupled with holes from the other layer. The gauge invariant linear response functions are obtained. The frequency dependences of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-01 K. V. Germash , D. V. Fil

The magnetic phase diagram of a ground state is studied theoretically for graphene nanoflakes of bow-tie shape and various size in external in-plane magnetic field. The tight-binding Hamiltonian supplemented with Hubbard term is used to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-30 Karol Szałowski

We investigate the nonlinear optical response of graphene nanoribbon (GNR) heterojunctions both without and with one or multiple topological interface states. By implementing a distant-neighbor quantum-mechanical (DNQM) method, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Hanying Deng , Yaxin Li , Zhihao qu , Jing Deng , Yingji He , Fangwe Ye

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