Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-07-08
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
9 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
We study the effects of the interaction between electrons and holes on the conductance G of quasi-one-dimensional graphene systems. We first consider as a benchmark the limit in which all interactions are negligible, recovering the predictions of the tight-binding approximation for the spectrum of the system, and the well-known result G=4 e^2/h for the lowest conductance quantum. Then we consider an exactly solvable field theoretical model in which the electro-magnetic interactions are effectively local. Finally, we use the effective field theory formalism to develop an exactly solvable model in which we also include the effect of non-local interactions. We find that such interactions turn the nominally metallic armchair graphene nanoribbon into a semi-conductor, while the short-range interactions lead to a correction to the G=4 e^2/h formula.
Bazzanella M.
Faccioli Pietro
Lipparini Enrico
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