Electron dynamics in strained graphene

D Zhai, N Sandler - Modern Physics Letters B, 2019 - World Scientific
This paper presents a theoretical description of the effects of strain induced by out-of-plane
deformations on charge distributions and transport on graphene. A review of a continuum …

Valley engineering by strain in Kekulé-distorted graphene

E Andrade, R Carrillo-Bastos, GG Naumis - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
A Kekulé bond texture in graphene modifies the electronic band structure by folding the
Brillouin zone and bringing the two inequivalent Dirac points to the center. This can result in …

Current splitting and valley polarization in elastically deformed graphene

T Stegmann, N Szpak - 2D Materials, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Elastic deformations of graphene can significantly change the flow paths and valley
polarization of the electric currents. We investigate these phenomena in graphene …

Electron optics in phosphorene pn junctions: Negative reflection and anti-super-Klein tunneling

Y Betancur-Ocampo, F Leyvraz, T Stegmann - Nano letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ballistic electrons in phosphorene pn junctions show optical-like phenomena. Phosphorene
is modeled by a tight-binding Hamiltonian that describes its electronic structure at low …

Local versus extended deformed graphene geometries for valley filtering

D Zhai, N Sandler - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The existence of two inequivalent valleys in the band structure of graphene has motivated
the search of mechanisms that allow their separation and control for potential device …

Graphene nanoelectromechanical systems as valleytronic devices

W Ortiz, N Szpak, T Stegmann - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We investigate electronic transport in graphene nanoelectromechanical systems, known
also as graphene nanodrums or nanomembranes. We demonstrate that these devices …

Valley polarization braiding in strained graphene

D Faria, C León, LRF Lima, A Latgé, N Sandler - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Previous works on deformed graphene predict the existence of valley-polarized states,
however, optimal conditions for their detection remain challenging. We show that in the …

Valley notch filter in a graphene strain superlattice: Green's function and machine learning approach

V Torres, P Silva, EAT De Souza, LA Silva… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
The valley transport properties of a superlattice of out-of-plane Gaussian deformations are
calculated using a Green's function and a machine learning approach. Our results show that …

Gradient-index electron optics in graphene junctions

E Paredes-Rocha, Y Betancur-Ocampo, N Szpak… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We investigate the electron transport in smooth graphene pn junctions, generated by
gradually varying electrostatic potentials. The numerically calculated coherent current flow …

Electronic transport in bent carbon nanotubes

E Kleinherbers, T Stegmann, N Szpak - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We study the electronic transport through uniformly bent carbon nanotubes. For this
purpose, we describe the nanotube with the tight-binding model and calculate the local …