Browse Physics

Spins in a graphene quantum dot display properties surprisingly similar to those in semiconductor dots, but with potential for longer coherence times.

A quick and simple processing method ensures that the first layer of graphene grown on silicon carbide will perform as expected.

Controlled doping of nanotubes and graphene sheets is achieved through an ion implantation technique.

Highly doped graphene can become superconducting.

Transport characteristics of graphene nanoribbons have implications for nanodevices.

Ballistic electron transport through a clean superconductor with d-wave symmetry has features in common with graphene.

Disorder causes an unexpected quantum phase transition in graphene.

The full Dirac spectrum has been measured in intercalated graphite.

The mobility of charge carriers in epitaxial bilayer graphene may be limited by structural domains.

Graphene is not just your everyday relativistic quantum playground; it may have ghostly chaotic features as well.

Can a patterned semiconducting heterostructure yield a better “graphene”?

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy establishes the dominant mechanism of electron scattering when graphene is placed on a substrate.

Adding a third layer to bilayer graphene leads to a drastic modification of its electronic energy band structure.

The friction on a sharp tip sliding along a double layer of graphene is half that of a single layer. The source of the contrast may be the difference in electron-phonon coupling in the two systems.

Experiments suggest that one-dimensional behavior is reflected in the transport properties of graphene nanoribbons.

Metallic contacts, which are unavoidable in any connection to an experimental measurement, cause asymmetries in the conductance of electrons and holes in graphene.

By adsorbing and desorbing nitrogen dioxide, it is possible to add and remove charge carriers from graphene and induce a reversible metal-insulator transition.