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The effect of a varying pseudo-magnetic field, which falls as $1/x^2$, on a two dimensional electron gas in graphene is investigated. By considering the second order Dirac equation, we show that its correct general solution is that which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-29 L. G. da Silva Leite , D. Cogollo , C. Filgueiras , Edilberto O. Silva

Magnetic fields force ballistic electrons injected from a narrow contact to move along skipping orbits and form caustics. This leads to pronounced resistance peaks at nearby voltage probes as electrons are effectively focused inside them, a…

We will present brief overview on the electronic and transport properties of graphene nanoribbons focusing on the effect of edge shapes and impurity scattering. The low-energy electronic states of graphene have two non-equivalent massless…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-30 Katsunori Wakabayashi , Yositake Takane , Masayuki Yamamoto , Manfred Sigrist

We investigate a generalized two-dimensional Weyl Hamiltonian, which may describe the low-energy properties of mechanically deformed graphene and of the organic compound alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2I_3 under pressure. The associated dispersion has…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-07-16 M. O. Goerbig , J. -N. Fuchs , G. Montambaux , F. Piechon

We present an effective hydrodynamic theory of electronic transport in graphene in the interaction-dominated regime. We derive the emergent hydrodynamic description from the microscopic Boltzmann kinetic equation taking into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-23 U. Briskot , M. Schütt , I. V. Gornyi , M. Titov , B. N. Narozhny , A. D. Mirlin

The different physical properties of multilayered graphene or graphite relative to single layer graphene result from the Dirac spins symmetry in graphene and the Pauli spin symmetry in graphite. The Dirac symmetry in multilayers of graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-10-28 Reginald B. Little , Glenn J. Gex , Muhammad Ansari , James W. Mitchell

Twisted graphene multilayers have demonstrated to yield a versatile playground to engineer controllable electronic states. Here, by combining first-principles calculations and low-energy models, we demonstrate that twisted graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla , J. L. Lado

This paper reports on the topological effects of three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene with tunable pore sizes and a preserved 2D graphene system of Dirac quasiparticles on its electrical properties. This 3D architecture is characterized…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-20 Takuya Okamoto , Yoshikazu Ito , Naoka Nagamura , Keishi Akada , Takeshi Fujita , Yukio Kawano

By means of atomistic tight-binding calculations, we investigate the transport properties of vertical devices made of two incommensurately misoriented graphene layers. With a chosen transport direction (Ox-axis), we define two classes of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Viet Hung Nguyen , Philippe Dollfus

The scattering of two-dimensional (2D) massless Dirac electrons is investigated in the presence of a random array of circular mass barriers. The inverse momentum relaxation time and the Hall factor are calculated and used to obtain parallel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Ramezani Masir , A. Matulis , F. M. Peeters

We theoretically study a tunneling effect in a two-dimensional Dirac semimetal with two Dirac points protected by non-symmorphic symmetries. The tunnel barrier can be arranged by a magnetic exchange potential which opens a gap at the Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Tetsuro Habe

Undistorted monolayer graphene has energy bands which cross at protected Dirac points. It elastically deforms and much research has assumed the Dirac description persists, now in a curved space and coupled to a gauge field related to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Matthew M. Roberts , Toby Wiseman

We systematically study the impact of various electron-acoustic-phonon coupling mechanisms on valley physics in two-dimensional materials. In the static strain limit, we find that Dirac cone tilt and deformation potential have analogous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-17 Wen-Yu Shan

Manipulating the valley degree of freedom to encode information for potential valleytronic devices has ignited a new direction in solid-state physics. A significant, fundamental challenge in the field of valleytronics is how to generate and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 Hui-Ying Mu , Yi-Tong Yao , Jie-Ru Li , Guo-Cai Liu , Chao He , Ying-Jie Sun , Guang Yang , Xing-Tao An , Yong-Zhe Zhang , Jian-Jun Liu

The charge carrier density in graphene on a dielectric substrate such as SiO$_2$ displays inhomogeneities, the so-called charge puddles. Because of the linear dispersion relation in monolayer graphene, the puddles are predicted to grow near…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-30 S. Samaddar , I. Yudhistira , S. Adam , H. Courtois , C. B. Winkelmann

To construct Lagrangian based on plate theory and tight-binding model, deflection-field coupling to Dirac fermions in graphene can be investigated. As have been known, deflection-induced strain may cause an effect on the motion of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-18 Bumned Soodchomshom

Dirac fermions have been studied intensively in condensed matter physics in recent years. Many theoretical predictions critically depend on the number of valleys where the Dirac fermions are realized. In this work, we report the discovery…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-05 B. Büttner , C. X. Liu , G. Tkachov , E. G. Novik , C. Brüne , H. Buhmann , E. M. Hankiewicz , P. Recher , B. Trauzettel , S. C. Zhang , L. W. Molenkamp

We study the quantum diffusive transport of multivalley massive Dirac cones, where time-reversal symmetry requires opposite spin orientations in inequivalent valleys. We show that the intervalley scattering and intravalley scattering can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-09 Hai-Zhou Lu , Wang Yao , Di Xiao , Shun-Qing Shen

We explore the scattering of Dirac electrons in a double-gated topological insulator in the presence of magnetic proximity effects and warped surface states. It is found that a magnetic field can shift the Dirac cone in momentum space and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Masomeh Arabikhah , Alireza Saffarzadeh

We show analytically that the ability of Dirac materials to localize an electron in both a barrier and a well can be utilized to open a pseudo-gap in graphene's spectrum. By using narrow top-gates as guiding potentials, we demonstrate that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 R. R. Hartmann , M. E. Portnoi