• 文献标题:   Tuning the electronic properties of corrugated graphene: Confinement, curvature, and band-gap opening
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ATANASOV V, SAXENA A
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Telecomunicacoes
  • 被引频次:   40
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205409
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

It is shown that for monolayer graphene electrons are confined on a perfect two-dimensional surface. The implications for the electronic properties of corrugated graphene are discussed in view of a derivation of the constrained relativistic dynamics for the massless carriers in two dimensions in accord with the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Surface curvature is related to a series of phenomena with practical applications such as curvature induced p-n junctions, band-gap opening, and decoherence. We also establish a bending free energy by treating graphene as a soft electronic membrane.