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Dirac cones for graph models of multilayer AA-stacked graphene sheets

  • César R. de Oliveira ORCID logo und Vinícius L. Rocha ORCID logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 15. Februar 2021
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
Aus der Zeitschrift Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A Band 76 Heft 4

Abstract

We propose an extension, of a quantum graph model for a single sheet of graphene, to multilayer AA-stacked graphene and also to a model of the bulk graphite. Spectra and Dirac cones are explicitly characterized for bilayer and trilayer graphene, as well as for graphite. For weak layer interaction (as proposed in the text), simple perturbation arguments also cover any number of layers and it mathematically recovers basic cone existences from the theoretical and experimental physics literature; its main strength is its simplicity.

Keywords: Dirac cones; multilayer graphene; quantum graph model; spectral analysis
Corresponding author: César R. de Oliveira, Departamento de Matemática, UFSCar, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970Brazil, E-mail:

Funding source: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Funding source: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Award Identifier / Grant number: 303503/2018-1

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: CRdO thanks the partial support by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (a Brazilian government agency, under contract 303503/2018-1). VLR thanks the financial support by Coordenaçãoo de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (a Brazilian government agency).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2020-12-01
Accepted: 2021-01-20
Published Online: 2021-02-15
Published in Print: 2021-04-27

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Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. General
  3. Rapid Communication
  4. All waves have a zero tunneling time
  5. Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics
  6. Studies of local structures for Cu2+ centers in M2Zn(SO4)2·6H2O (M = NH4 and Rb) crystals
  7. Dynamical Systems & Nonlinear Phenomena
  8. Dynamics of liquid drop on a vibrating micro-perforated plate
  9. Inverse scattering method for the Kundu-Eckhaus equation with zero/nonzero boundary conditions
  10. Evolution of nonlinear stationary formations in a quantum plasma at finite temperature
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