Enhancement of gaps in thin graphitic films for heterostructure formation

Hague, J. P. (2014). Enhancement of gaps in thin graphitic films for heterostructure formation. Physical Review B, 89(15), article no. 155415.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.155415

Abstract

There are a large number of atomically thin graphitic films with a structure similar to that of graphene. These films have a spread of band gaps relating to their ionicity and, also, to the substrate on which they are grown. Such films could have a range of applications in digital electronics, where graphene is difficult to use. I use the dynamical cluster approximation to show how electron-phonon coupling between film and substrate can enhance these gaps in a way that depends on the range and strength of the coupling. It is found that one of the driving factors in this effect is a charge density wave instability for electrons on a honeycomb lattice that can open a gap in monolayer graphene. The enhancement at intermediate coupling is sufficiently large that spatially varying substrates and superstrates could be used to create heterostructures in thin graphitic films with position-dependent electron-phonon coupling and gaps, leading to advanced electronic components.

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