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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
Theoretical investigation of thermodynamic properties of an electrically modulated graphene monolayer in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field B is presented. This work is aimed at determining the modulation-induced effects on the thermodynamic properties of graphene. The results obtained are compared with those of conventional two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) systems realized in semiconductor heterostructures. The one-dimensional periodic potential, due to electric modulation lifts the degeneracy of the Landau levels and converts them into bands whose width oscillates as a function of B. We find commensurability (Weiss) oscillations for small values of B and de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA)-type oscillations at larger values of B. We find that the modulation-induced effects on the thermodynamic properties are enhanced and less damped with temperature in graphene compared with conventional 2DEG systems. Furthermore, we have derived analytic asymptotic expressions which allow us to determine the critical temperature and critical magnetic field for the damping of magnetic oscillations in the thermodynamic quantities considered here.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1361-648X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
025503
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Thermodynamic properties of a weakly modulated graphene monolayer in a magnetic field.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article