• 文献标题:   Critical Delocalization of Chiral Zero Energy Modes in Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FERREIRA A, MUCCIOLO ER
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ York
  • 被引频次:   22
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.106601
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene subjected to chiral-symmetric disorder is believed to host zero energy modes (ZEMs) resilient to localization, as suggested by the renormalization group analysis of the underlying nonlinear sigma model. We report accurate quantum transport calculations in honeycomb lattices with in excess of 10(9) sites and fine meV resolutions. The Kubo dc conductivity of ZEMs induced by vacancy defects (chiral BDI class) is found to match 4e(2)/pi h within 1% accuracy, over a parametrically wide window of energy level broadenings and vacancy concentrations. Our results disclose an unprecedentedly robust metallic regime in graphene, providing strong evidence that the early field-theoretical picture for the BDI class is valid well beyond its controlled weak-coupling regime.