Wednesday, November 21, 2012

1211.4680 (Cong Su et al.)

Novel Two-dimensional Carbon Allotrope with Strong Electronic Anisotropy    [PDF]

Cong Su, Hua Jiang, Ji Feng
Two novel two-dimensional carbon allotropes comprised of octagons and pentagons are proposed based on the first-principles calculations. The two carbon allotropes, named OPG-L and OPG-Z, are found to have distinct properties. OPG-L is metallic, while OPG-Z is a gapless semimetal. Remarkably, OPG-Z exhibits pronounced electronic anisotropy with highly anisotropic Dirac points at the Fermi level. A tight-binding model is suggested to describe the low-energy quasiparticles, which clarifies the origin of the anisotropic Dirac points. Such an anisotropic electronic characteristic of OPG-Z is expected to have wide implications in nano-electronics.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4680

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