• 文献标题:   Electron-electron interactions and charging effects in graphene quantum dots
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WUNSCH B, STAUBER T, GUINEA F
  • 作者关键词:  
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Complutense Madrid
  • 被引频次:   66
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.77.035316
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

We analyze charging effects in graphene quantum dots. Using a simple model, we show that when the Fermi level is far from the neutrality point, charging effects lead to a shift in the electrostatic potential and the dot shows standard Coulomb blockade features. Near the neutrality point, surface states are partially occupied and the Coulomb interaction leads to a strongly correlated ground state, which can be approximated by either a Wigner crystal or a Laughlin-like wave function. The existence of strong correlations modifies the transport properties, which show nonequilibrium effects, similar to those predicted for tunneling into other strongly correlated systems.