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Recent experimental discoveries of graphene-stabilized patches of two-dimensional (2D) metals have motivated also their computational studies. However, so far the studies have been restricted to ideal and infinite 2D metallic monolayers,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Janne Nevalaita , Pekka Koskinen

Quantum confinement endows two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with exceptional physics and novel properties compared to their bulk counterparts. Although certain two- and few-layer configurations of graphene have been realized and…

Magnetic confinement in graphene has been of recent and growing interest because its potential applications in nanotechnology. In particular, the observation of the so called magnetic edge states in graphene has opened the possibility to…

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Two-dimensional (2D) carbon allotropes have drawn significant interest owing to their impressive physical and chemical characteristics. Following graphene's isolation, a wide range of 2D carbon materials has been suggested, each with…

Crystalline rhombohedral multilayer graphene (RMG) has emerged as an ideal platform for studying unconventional superconductivity. Here, we report the observation of superconductivity in moir\'eless rhombohedral heptalayer graphene (RHG) at…

Owing to their unprecedented electronic properties, graphene and two-dimensional (2D) crystals have brought fresh opportunities for advances in planar spintronic devices. Graphene is an ideal medium for spin transport while also being an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 I. G. Serrano , J. Panda , Fernand Denoel , Örjan Vallin , Dibya Phuyal , Olof Karis , M. Venkata Kamalakar

The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnetism within atomically thin structures derived from layered crystals has opened up a new realm for exploring magnetic heterostructures. This emerging field provides a foundational platform for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Bingyu Zhang , Pengcheng Lu , Roozbeh Tabrizian , Philip X. -L. Feng , Yingying Wu

This review explores the synthesis, characterization, and potential applications of graphene, a two-dimensional material with exceptional properties. Graphene's versatility in energy and electronics applications is highlighted, with its…

Hybrids of graphene and two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) have the potential to bring graphene spintronics to the next level. As we show here by performing first-principles calculations of graphene on monolayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-14 Martin Gmitra , Jaroslav Fabian

The electronic and magnetic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons with asymmetric notches along their edges are investigated by first principle density functional theory calculations. It is found that the electronic and magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-14 Guang-Yao Song , Qing-Hong Yuan , Wen-Xin Hu , De-Yan Sun

The folding of paper, hide, and woven fabric has been used for millennia to achieve enhanced articulation, curvature, and visual appeal for intrinsically flat, two-dimensional materials. For graphene, an ideal two-dimensional material,…

Triangulenes are prototypical examples of open-shell nanographenes. Their magnetic properties, arising from the presence of unpaired $\pi$ electrons, can be extensively tuned by modifying their size and shape or by introducing heteroatoms.…

We report a theoretical low-field magnetotransport study unveiling the effect of pseudospin in realistic models of weakly disordered graphene-based materials. Using an efficient Kubo computational method, and simulating the effect of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-11 Frank Ortmann , Alessandro Cresti , Gilles Montambaux , Stephan Roche

Graphene, the one-atom-thick sp2 hybridized carbon crystal, displays unique electronic, structural and mechanical properties, which promise a large number of interesting applications in diverse high tech fields. Many of these applications…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-27 Tommaso Cavallucci , Khatuna Kakhiani , Riccardo Farchioni , Valentina Tozzini

Graphene is a famous truly two-dimensional (2D) material, possessing a cone-like energy structure near the Fermi level and treated as a gapless semiconductor. Its unique properties trigger researchers to find applications of it. The gapless…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-22 Wei-Bang Li , Kuang-I Lin , Yu-Ming Wang , Hsien-Ching Chung , Ming-Fa Lin

Electroluminescence, a non-thermal radiative process, is ubiquitous in semi-conductors and insulators but fundamentally precluded in metals. We show here that this restriction can be circumvented in high-quality graphene. By investigating…

Altermagnets feature unconventional magnetism due to their momentum-dependent spin splitting purely driven by magnetic order, for which a variety of transition-metal-based d-wave altermagnets have been proposed. However, carbon-based…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-22 Cuiju Yu , Jose L. Lado

Unlike covalent two-dimensional (2D) materials like graphene, 2D metals have non-layered structures due to their non-directional, metallic bonding. While experiments on 2D metals are still scarce and challenging, density-functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-06 Kameyab Raza Abidi , Pekka Koskinen

First-principles density functional calculations are performed in C-BN heterojunctions. It is shown that the magnetism of the edge states in zigzag shaped graphene strips and polarity effects in BN strips team up to give a spin asymmetric…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-10-22 J. M. Pruneda

Here we demonstrate the selective bulk scale synthesis of delaminated graphene sheets by a proper choice of magnetic field modulating an electric-arc. An ultra-high purity glassy graphite anode was sublimated in an argon atmosphere. Carbon…