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da Costa, D.R.; Chaves, A.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M. |
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Valley filtering in graphene due to substrate-induced mass potential |
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A1 Journal article |
| Year |
2017 |
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Journal of physics : condensed matter |
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29 |
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21 |
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215502 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The interaction of monolayer graphene with specific substrates may break its sublattice symmetry and results in unidirectional chiral states with opposite group velocities in the different Dirac cones (Zarenia et al 2012 Phys. Rev. B 86 085451). Taking advantage of this feature, we propose a valley filter based on a transversal mass kink for low energy electrons in graphene, which is obtained by assuming a defect region in the substrate that provides a change in the sign of the substrate-induced mass and thus creates a non-biased channel, perpendicular to the kink, for electron motion. By solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for the tight-binding Hamiltonian, we investigate the time evolution of a Gaussian wave packet propagating through such a system and obtain the transport properties of this graphene-based substrate-induced quantum point contact. Our results demonstrate that efficient valley filtering can be obtained, provided: (i) the electron energy is sufficiently low, i.e. with electrons belonging mostly to the lowest sub-band of the channel, and (ii) the channel length (width) is sufficiently long (narrow). Moreover, even though the transmission probabilities for each valley are significantly affected by impurities and defects in the channel region, the valley polarization in this system is shown to be robust against their presence. |
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2017-04-24 |
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0953-8984 |
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Times cited |
15 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:152636 |
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8730 |
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Blundo, E.; Faria, P.E., Jr.; Surrente, A.; Pettinari, G.; Prosnikov, M.A.; Olkowska-Pucko, K.; Zollner, K.; Wozniak, T.; Chaves, A.; Kazimierczuk, T.; Felici, M.; Babinski, A.; Molas, M.R.; Christianen, P.C.M.; Fabian, J.; Polimeni, A. |
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Strain-Induced Exciton Hybridization in WS2 Monolayers Unveiled by Zeeman-Splitting Measurements |
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A1 Journal article |
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2022 |
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Physical review letters |
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129 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
067402 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Mechanical deformations and ensuing strain are routinely exploited to tune the band gap energy and to enhance the functionalities of two-dimensional crystals. In this Letter, we show that strain leads also to a strong modification of the exciton magnetic moment in WS2 monolayers. Zeeman-splitting measurements under magnetic fields up to 28.5 T were performed on single, one-layer-thick WS2 microbubbles. The strain of the bubbles causes a hybridization of k-space direct and indirect excitons resulting in a sizable decrease in the modulus of they factor of the ground-state exciton. These findings indicate that strain may have major effects on the way the valley number of excitons can be used to process binary information in two-dimensional crystals. |
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000842367600007 |
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2022-08-04 |
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0031-9007; 1079-7114 |
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OpenAccess |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:198538 |
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8936 |
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Santos-Castro, G.; Pandey, T.; Bruno, C.H.V.; Santos Caetano, E.W.; Milošević, M.V.; Chaves, A.; Freire, V.N. |
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Silicon and germanium adamantane and diamantane monolayers as two-dimensional anisotropic direct-gap semiconductors |
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A1 Journal article |
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2023 |
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Physical review B |
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108 |
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3 |
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035302-35310 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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Structural and electronic properties of silicon and germanium monolayers with two different diamondoid crystal structures are detailed ab initio. Our results show that, despite Si and Ge being well-known indirect gap semiconductors in their bulk form, their adamantane and diamantane monolayers can exhibit optically active direct gap in the visible frequency range, with highly anisotropic effective masses, depending on the monolayer crystal structure. Moreover, we reveal that gaps in these materials are highly tunable with applied strain. These stable monolayer forms of Si and Ge are therefore expected to help bridging the gap between the fast growing area of opto-electronics in two-dimensional materials and the established silicon-based technologies. |
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2023-07-05 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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UA library record; WoS full record |
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3.7 |
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Most recent IF: 3.7; 2023 IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:200348 |
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9089 |
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Lima, I.L.C.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.; Chaves, A. |
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Tuning of exciton type by environmental screening |
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A1 Journal article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
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108 |
Issue |
11 |
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115303-115308 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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We theoretically investigate the binding energy and electron-hole (e-h) overlap of excitonic states confined at the interface between two-dimensional materials with type-II band alignment, i.e., with lowest conduction and highest valence band edges placed in different materials, arranged in a side-by-side planar heterostructure. We propose a variational procedure within the effective mass approximation to calculate the exciton ground state and apply our model to a monolayer MoS2/WS2 heterostructure. The role of nonabrupt interfaces between the materials is accounted for in our model by assuming a WxMo1-xS2 alloy around the interfacial region. Our results demonstrate that (i) interface-bound excitons are energetically favorable only for small interface thickness and/or for systems under high dielectric screening by the materials surrounding the monolayer, and that (ii) the interface exciton binding energy and its e-h overlap are controllable by the interface width and dielectric environment. |
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2023-09-08 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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UA library record; WoS full record |
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3.7 |
Times cited |
1 |
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Most recent IF: 3.7; 2023 IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:200356 |
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9110 |
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Moura, V.N.; Chaves, A.; Peeters, F.M.; Milošević, M.V. |
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McMillan-Ginzburg-Landau theory of singularities and discommensurations in charge density wave states of transition metal dichalcogenides |
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A1 Journal article |
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2024 |
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Physical review B |
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109 |
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9 |
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094507-94511 |
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A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
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The McMillan-Ginzburg-Landau (MGL) model for charge density waves (CDW) is employed in a systematic phenomenological study of the different phases that have been probed in recent experiments involving transition metal dichalcogenides. We implemented an efficient imaginary time evolution method to solve the MGL equations, which enabled us to investigate the role of different coupling parameters on the CDW patterns and to perform calculations with different energy functionals that lead to several experimentally observed singularities in the CDW phase profiles. In particular, by choosing the appropriate energy functionals, we were able to obtain phases that go beyond the well-known periodic phase slips (discommensurations), exhibiting also topological defects (i.e., vortex-antivortex pairs), domain walls where the CDW order parameter is suppressed, and even CDW with broken rotational symmetry. Finally, we briefly discuss the effect of these different CDW phases on the profile and critical temperature of the competing superconducting state. |
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2024-03-11 |
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2469-9969; 2469-9950 |
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UA library record; WoS full record |
| Impact Factor |
3.7 |
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Most recent IF: 3.7; 2024 IF: 3.836 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:205491 |
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9158 |
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