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Neek-Amal, M.; Covaci, L.; Shakouri, K.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Electronic structure of a hexagonal graphene flake subjected to triaxial stress |
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A1 Journal article |
Year  |
2013 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
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88 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
115428 |
| Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
| Abstract |
The electronic properties of a triaxially strained hexagonal graphene flake with either armchair or zigzag edges are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and tight-binding calculations. We found that (i) the pseudomagnetic field in strained graphene flakes is not uniform neither in the center nor at the edge of zigzag terminated flakes, (ii) the pseudomagnetic field is almost zero in the center of armchair terminated flakes but increases dramatically near the edges, (iii) the pseudomagnetic field increases linearly with strain, for strains lower than 15% but increases nonlinearly beyond it, (iv) the local density of states in the center of the zigzag hexagon exhibits pseudo-Landau levels with broken sublattice symmetry in the zeroth pseudo-Landau level, and in addition there is a shift in the Dirac cone due to strain induced scalar potentials, and (v) there is size effect in pseudomagnetic field. This study provides a realistic model of the electronic properties of inhomogeneously strained graphene where the relaxation of the atomic positions is correctly included together with strain induced modifications of the hopping terms up to next-nearest neighbors. |
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000324690400008 |
Publication Date |
2013-09-24 |
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1098-0121;1550-235X; |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
| Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
46 |
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| Notes |
; This work was supported by the EU-Marie Curie IIF postdoctoral Fellowship/ 299855 (for M.N.-A.), the ESF EuroGRAPHENE project CONGRAN, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl) and the Methusalem Funding of the Flemish government. ; |
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Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111168 |
Serial |
1011 |
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