| Issue |
EPL
Volume 98, Number 4, May 2012
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 47007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/98/47007 | |
| Published online | 25 May 2012 | |
Thermally activated conductivity in gapped bilayer graphene
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg - D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, EU and Department of Physics, University of Texas - 1 University Station C1600, Austin, 78712 T, USA
a
maxim.trushin@physik.uni-regensburg.de
Received:
22
March
2012
Accepted:
24
April
2012
This is a theoretical study of electron transport in gated bilayer graphene —a novel semiconducting material with a tunable band gap. It is shown that the which-layer pseudospin coherence enhances the subgap conductivity and facilitates the thermally activated transport. The mechanism proposed can also lead to the non-monotonic conductivity vs. temperature dependence at a band gap size of the order of 10 meV. The effect can be observed in gapped bilayer graphene sandwiched in boron nitride where the electron-hole puddles and flexural phonons are strongly suppressed.
PACS: 72.80.Vp – Electronic transport in graphene / 72.10.Fk – Scattering by point defects, dislocations, surfaces, and other imperfections (including Kondo effect)
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