From graphene to graphane : A density functional investigation of metal insulator transition

Details From graphene to graphane : A density functional investigation of metal insulator transition From graphene to graphane : A density functional investigation of metal insulator transition

2009-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/0911.1505v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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While graphene is a semi-metal, recently synthesized hydrogenated graphene called graphane, turns out to be an insulator. We have probed the metal insulator Transition in graphene-graphane system within the framework of density functional theory. By analysing the evolutionary trends in the electronic structure for fifteen different hydrogen concentrations on graphene, we unravel some novel features of this transition. As hydrogen coverage increases the semi-metal turns first into a metal, then transforms into an insulator. The metallic phase is spatially inhomogeneous in the sense, it contains the islands of insulating regions formed by hydrogenated carbon atoms and the metallic channels formed by contagious naked carbon atoms.

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