Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-04-29
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 156603 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.156603
As the thinnest atomic membrane, graphene presents an opportunity to combine geometry, elasticity and electronics at the limits of their validity. The availability of reliable atomistic potentials for graphene allows unprecedented precise simulations of the mechanical response of atomic membranes. Here we describe the transport and electronic structure in the neighbourhood of conical singularities, the elementary excitations of the ubiquitous wrinkled and crumpled graphene that occur in non-epitaxial suspended samples where shear stresses are unavoidable. We use a combination of atomistic mechanical simulations, analytical geometry and transport calculations in curved graphene, and exact diagonalization of the electronic spectrum to calculate the effects of geometry on electronic structure, transport and mobility in suspended samples. We also point out how the geometry-generated pseudo-magnetic/electric fields might disrupt Landau quantization under a magnetic field.
Castro Neto Antonio H.
Liang Han-Ying
Mahadevan L.
Pereira Vitor M.
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