• 文献标题:   Cluster formation and non-metal-to-metal transition in a diamond-shaped graphene-like lattice
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BITTENCOURT RA, COSTA GD, LIMA ATD, LIMA ICD
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  • 出版物名称:   AIP ADVANCES
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1063/5.0040573
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

This work is a numerical simulation of the bond percolation in an array of junctions and bifurcations mimicking a section of a graphene slab. We calculate the size distribution of graphene clusters as a filler of a polymer aiming to obtain the percolation threshold. We obtained the sigmoidal distribution of graphene clusters as a function of concentration of persistent conducting bonds creating these clusters. The probability density of this distribution shows a universal complementary Fermi-Dirac behavior as a signature of a topological response. Using a tight-binding model for the transmission from the source to the drain, we obtain a smooth transition from an insulator to a conductor through a dirty metal as the concentration of conductive bonds increases for small arrays. As the array size increases, the simulation shows a sharp non-metal-to-metal transition from a pure polymer into a pristine suspended graphene layer.