Date of Graduation
5-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Microelectronics-Photonics (MS)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Microelectronics-Photonics
Advisor/Mentor
Salvador Barraza-Lopez
Committee Member
Hameed Naseem
Second Committee Member
Laurent Bellaiche
Third Committee Member
Ken Vickers
Keywords
Electrical Properties, Graphene, Strain Engineering
Abstract
Graphene has a number of fascinating mechanical and electrical properties. Strain engineering in graphene is the attempt to control its properties with mechanical strain. Previous research in this area has come up with an approach using a continuum theory to describe the strain induced gauge fields in graphene; however, this approach is only valid for small strains (5% at most). A discrete framework is being developed in Arkansas that can more accurately calculate the deformation (electrical) and (pseudo-)magnetic gauge fields created by large strains. Computational simulations were carried out and used to get discrete atomic positions for strained, suspended graphene membranes, and those coordinates were then used to accurately and discretely calculate the gauge fields.
Citation
Horvath, C. M. (2014). Discrete Strain Engineering in Graphene. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2307