• 文献标题:   Singular behavior of the Debye-Waller factor of graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TEWARY VK, YANG B
  • 作者关键词:   debye temperature, debyewaller factor, graphene, mean square error method, phonon
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Stand Technol
  • 被引频次:   50
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.79.125416
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

It is shown that the mean-square displacement or the exponent of the Debye-Waller factor of graphene has a singularity except at zero temperature. The zero-temperature values of the mean-square displacement are calculated separately for planar and out-of-plane phonon modes for graphene. These values give the Debye-Waller factor that can be used to model various scattering processes at temperatures much lower than the Debye temperature of graphene. Since the Debye temperature of graphene is about 2300 K for planar modes, the calculated values should provide a useful estimate of the Debye-Waller factor at temperatures of practical interest. Finally, it is shown qualitatively that the singularity can be removed by accounting for the finite size of real graphene crystals.