• 文献标题:   Coulomb interaction and semimetal-insulator transition in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI W, LIU GZ
  • 作者关键词:   massless dirac fermion, semimetalinsulator transition, nonfermi liquid behavior
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICS LETTERS A
  • ISSN:   0375-9601 EI 1873-2429
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physleta.2010.05.011
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

The strong Coulomb interaction between massless Dirac fermions can drive a semimetal-insulator transition in single-layer graphene by dynamically generating an excitonic fermion gap. There is a critical interaction strength lambda(c). that separates the semimetal phase from the insulator phase. We calculate the specific heat and susceptibility of the system and show that they exhibit distinct behaviors in the semimetal and insulator phases. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.