Electronic Properties of Graphene Multilayers

Johan Nilsson, A. H. Castro Neto, F. Guinea, and N. M. R. Peres
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 266801 – Published 26 December 2006

Abstract

We study the effects of disorder in the electronic properties of graphene multilayers, with special focus on the bilayer and the infinite stack. At low energies and long wavelengths, the electronic self-energies and density of states exhibit behavior with divergences near half filling. As a consequence, the spectral functions and the conductivities acquire anomalous properties. In particular, we show that the quasiparticle decay rate has a minimum as a function of energy, there is a universal minimum value for the in-plane conductivity of order e2/h per plane and, unexpectedly, the c-axis conductivity is enhanced by disorder at low doping, leading to an enormous conductivity anisotropy at low temperatures.

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  • Received 11 April 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.266801

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Johan Nilsson1, A. H. Castro Neto1, F. Guinea2, and N. M. R. Peres3

  • 1Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
  • 2Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco E28049 Madrid, Spain
  • 3Center of Physics and Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho, P-4710-057, Braga, Portugal

See Also

Robust Transport Properties in Graphene

K. Ziegler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 266802 (2006)

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Vol. 97, Iss. 26 — 31 December 2006

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