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We argue, for a wide class of systems including graphene, that in the low temperature, high density, large separation and strong screening limits the drag resistivity behaves as d^{-4}, where d is the separation between the two layers. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 B Amorim , N M R Peres

It has been a great challenge to achieve the direct light manipulation of matter on a bulk scale. In this work, the direct light propulsion of matter was observed on a macroscopic scale for the first time using a bulk graphene based…

Graphene is a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications such as photodetectors, terahertz imagers, and plasmonic devices. The origin of photoresponse in graphene junctions has been studied extensively and is attributed to either…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 Marcus Freitag , Tony Low , Fengnian Xia , Phaedon Avouris

Graphene is a novel two-dimensional material with fascinating electrodynamic properties like the ability to support collective electron oscillations (plasmons) accompanied by tight confinement of electromagnetic fields. Our goal is to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-15 Marinko Jablan

Besides having unique electronic properties, graphene is claimed to be the strongest material in nature. In the press release of the Nobel committee it is claimed that a hammock made of a squared meter of one-atom thick graphene could…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-27 J. H. Los , A. Fasolino , M. I. Katsnelson

The exceptional mechanical properties of graphene have made it attractive for nano-mechanical devices and functional composite materials. Two key aspects of graphene's mechanical behavior are its elastic and adhesive properties. These are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Scott Scharfenberg , D. Z. Rocklin , Cesar Chialvo , Richard L. Weaver , Paul M. Goldbart , Nadya Mason

In this paper, we study the near-field radiative energy, linear-momentum, and angular-momentum transfer from a current-biased graphene to nanoparticles. The electric current through the graphene sheet induces nonequilibrium fluctuations,…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-19 Huimin Zhu , Gaomin Tang , Lei Zhang , Jun Chen

The article contains calculation of the efficiency of the ideal thermomagnetic engine whose working body is ferromagnetic has been suggested. Suggested method being applicable to any heat engine operating on the basis of structural phase…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-06-12 A. G. Kvirikadze , M. D. Zviadadze , V. A. Barnov , G. G. Kiknadze , L. A. Zamtaradze

Coulomb coupling between proximal layers in graphene heterostructures results in efficient energy transfer between the layers. We predict that, in the presence of correlated density inhomogeneities in the layers, vertical energy transfer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-24 Justin C. W. Song , Leonid S. Levitov

Graphene is a very promising material for nanoelectronics applications due to its unique and remarkable electronic and thermal properties. However, when deposited on metallic electrodes the overall thermal conductivity is significantly…

We have achieved mobilities in excess of 200,000 cm^2/Vs at electron densities of ~2*10^11 cm^-2 by suspending single layer graphene. Suspension ~150 nm above a Si/SiO_2 gate electrode and electrical contacts to the graphene was achieved by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. I. Bolotin , K. J. Sikes , Z. Jiang , M. Klima , G. Fudenberg , J. Hone , P. Kim , H. L. Stormer

Room temperature ferromagnetic materials composed only by light elements like carbon, hydrogen and/or nitrogen, so called carbon magnet, are very attractive for creating new material categories both in science and industry. Recently several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-24 Norio Ota , Narjes Gorjizadeh , Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Graphene possesses a unique combination of physical properties including high carrier mobility and high current density it can sustain. In contrast to bulk metals, graphene does not completely screen the external electrostatic field. In…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-10-03 Alexander Khitun

A spin field effect transistor (FET) is proposed by utilizing a graphene nanoribbon as the channel. Similar to the conventional spin FETs, the device involves ferromagnetic metals as a source and drain; they, in turn, are connected to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-07-23 Y. G. Semenov , K. W. Kim , J. M. Zavada

Two-dimensional ferroelectrics can maintain vertical polarization up to room temperature, and are, therefore, promising for next-generation nonvolatile memories. Although natural two-dimensional ferroelectrics are few, moir\'{e}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 Renjun Du , Jingkuan Xiao , Di Zhang , Xiaofan Cai , Siqi Jiang , Fuzhuo Lian , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Lei Wang , Geliang Yu

Graphene sandwiched between semiconducting monolayers of ferromagnet Cr$_2$Ge$_2$Te$_6$ and transition-metal dichalcogenide WS$_2$ acquires both spin-orbit (SO), of valley-Zeeman and Rashba types, and exchange couplings. Using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-14 Klaus Zollner , Marko D. Petrovic , Kapildeb Dolui , Petr Plechac , Branislav K. Nikolic , Jaroslav Fabian

We demonstrate with a fully quantum-mechanical approach that graphene can function as gate-controllable transistors for pumped spin currents, i.e., a stream of angular momentum induced by the precession of adjacent magnetizations, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-10 F. S. M. Guimarães , A. T. Costa , R. B. Muniz , M. S. Ferreira

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solids under strong optical fields has recently found particular attention. In dielectrics and semiconductors, various light-field-driven effects have been explored, such as high-harmonic generation,…

The experimental availability of ultra-high-mobility samples of graphene opens the possibility to realize and study experimentally the "hydrodynamic" regime of the electron liquid. In this regime the rate of electron-electron collisions is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Alessandro Principi , Giovanni Vignale

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