{
  "id": "1102.1042",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2011-02-05T01:12:51.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-02-15T23:09:08.000Z",
  "title": "Graphene quantum dots formed by a spatial modulation of the Dirac gap",
  "authors": [
    "G. Giavaras",
    "Franco Nori"
  ],
  "comment": "3 pages, 3 figures",
  "journal": "Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 243106 (2010)",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "An electrostatic quantum dot cannot be formed in monolayer graphene, because of the Klein tunnelling. However, a dot can be formed with the help of a uniform magnetic field. As shown here, a spatial modulation of the Dirac gap leads to confined states with discrete energy levels, thus defining a dot, without applying external electric and magnetic fields. Gap-induced dot states can coexist and couple with states introduced by an electrostatic potential. This property allows the region in which the resulting states are localized to be tuned with the potential.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2011-02-15T23:09:08.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "81.05.ue",
      "81.07.Ta",
      "73.63.Kv",
      "73.40.Gk",
      "73.22.Pr",
      "73.21.La"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "graphene quantum dots",
      "spatial modulation",
      "dirac gap",
      "electrostatic quantum dot",
      "uniform magnetic field"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1063/1.3525858",
      "journal": "Applied Physics Letters",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Dec",
      "volume": 97,
      "number": 24,
      "pages": 243106
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 3,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010ApPhL..97x3106G"
    }
  }
}