Coulomb Blockade in Graphene Nanodisks

dc.creatorEzawa, Motohiko
dc.date2007-12-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:31:12Z
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dc.descriptionGraphene nanodisk is a graphene derivative with a closed edge. The trigonal zigzag nanodisk with size $N$ has $N$-fold degenerated zero-energy states. We investigate electron-electron interaction effects in the zero-energy sector. We explicitely derive the direct and exchange interactions, which are found to have no SU($N$) symmetry. Then, regarding a nanodisk as a quantum dot with an internal degree of freedom, we analyze the nanodisk-lead system consisting of a nanodisk and two leads. Employing the standard Green function method, we reveal novel Coulomb blockade effects in the system. The occupation number in the nanodisk exhibits a peculiar series of plateaux and dips, reflecting a peculiar structure of energy spectrum of nanodisk without SU($N$) symmetry. Dips are argued to emerge due to a Coulomb correlation effect.
dc.description8 pages, 5 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1270
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1270
dc.identifierPhysical Review B 77, 155411 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.155411
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/158377
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleCoulomb Blockade in Graphene Nanodisks
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