• 文献标题:   Scale-invariant puddles in graphene: Geometric properties of electron-hole distribution at the Dirac point
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NAJAFI MN, NEZHADHAGHIGHI MG
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW E
  • ISSN:   2470-0045 EI 2470-0053
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Mohaghegh Ardabili
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032112
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We characterize the carrier density profile of the ground state of graphene in the presence of particle-particle interaction and random charged impurity in zero gate voltage. We provide detailed analysis on the resulting spatially inhomogeneous electron gas, taking into account the particle-particle interaction and the remoteCoulomb disorder on an equal footing within the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac theory. We present some general features of the carrier density probability measure of the graphene sheet. We also show that, when viewed as a random surface, the electron-hole puddles at zero chemical potential show peculiar self-similar statistical properties. Although the disorder potential is chosen to be Gaussian, we show that the charge field is non-Gaussian with unusual Kondev relations, which can be regarded as a new class of two-dimensional random-field surfaces. Using Schramm-Loewner (SLE) evolution, we numerically demonstrate that the ungated graphene has conformal invariance and the random zero-charge density contours are SLEk with k = 1.8 +/- 0.2, consistent with c = -3 conformal field theory.