• 文献标题:   Magneto-Electronic Specific Heat of Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIN SY, HO YH, HUANG YC, LIN MF
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, specific heat
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • ISSN:   0031-9015
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Cheng Kung Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1143/JPSJ.81.084602
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

The electronic specific heat of monolayer graphene in response to a magnetic field is studied within the Peierls tight-binding model. The low-temperature thermal properties are dominated by the two lowest Landau levels, which are induced by the Zeeman effect. The temperature and the magnetic field compete with each other in the specific heat, which reveals a composite form of 1/T-2 and exponential function. In addition, a prominent peak at the critical temperature T-m (critical magnetic field B-m) exists in the temperature (field) evolution, where T-m (B-m) and B (T) are in a simple linear relation. In slightly-doped cases, shoulder structures are further introduced in the specific heat, which come from the second lowest unoccupied state and second highest occupied state. All those special feature basically reflect the main characteristics of the subbands near the chemical potential. There are certain important differences between graphene and carbon nanotubes in terms of magneto-electronic specific heat.