• 文献标题:   Model for the magnetoresistance and Hall coefficient of inhomogeneous graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TIWARI RP, STROUD D
  • 作者关键词:   band structure, electrical resistivity, graphene, hall effect, magnetoresistance
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ohio State Univ
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.79.165408
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

We show that when bulk graphene breaks into n-type and p-type puddles, the in-plane resistivity becomes strongly field dependent in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field even if homogeneous graphene has a field-independent resistivity. We calculate the longitudinal resistivity rho(xx) and Hall resistivity rho(xy) as a function of field for this system using the effective-medium approximation. The conductivity tensors of the individual puddles are calculated using a Boltzmann approach suitable for the band structure of graphene near the Dirac points. The resulting resistivity agrees well with experiment provided that the relaxation time is weakly field dependent. The calculated Hall resistivity has the sign of the carriers in the puddles occupying the greater area of the composite and vanishes when there are equal areas of n- and p-type puddles.