{
  "id": "1006.1999",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-06-10T10:48:17.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-06-10T10:48:17.000Z",
  "title": "Gap opening in graphene by shear strain",
  "authors": [
    "Giulio Cocco",
    "Emiliano Cadelano",
    "Luciano Colombo"
  ],
  "comment": "to appear on PRB - Rapid Communication",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 81, 241412(R) (2010)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.81.241412",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "We exploit the concept of strain-induced band structure engineering in graphene through the calculation of its electronic properties under uniaxial, shear, and combined uniaxial-shear deformations. We show that by combining shear deformations to uniaxial strains it is possible modulate the graphene energy gap value from zero up to $0.9$ eV. Interestingly enough, the use of a shear component allows for a gap opening at moderate absolute deformation, safely smaller than the graphene failure strain.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-06-10T10:48:17.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.22.Pr",
      "81.05.ue",
      "62.25.-g"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "gap opening",
      "shear strain",
      "graphene energy gap value",
      "moderate absolute deformation",
      "graphene failure strain"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Jun",
      "volume": 81,
      "number": 24,
      "pages": 241412
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010PhRvB..81x1412C"
    }
  }
}