Graphene Quantum Dots

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 1-2

3. Graphene—Two-Dimensional Crystal

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 3-27

4. Graphene Nanostructures and Quantum Dots

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 29-38

5. Single-Particle Properties of Graphene Quantum Dots

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 39-90

6. Electron–Electron Interactions in Graphene Quantum Dots

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 91-110

7. Magnetic Properties of Gated Graphene Nanostructures

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 111-144

8. Optical Properties of Graphene Nanostructures

   • Alev Devrim Güçlü, Pawel Potasz, Marek Korkusinski, Pawel Hawrylak

   Pages 145-168

9. Back Matter

   Pages 169-172

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This book reflects the current status of theoretical and experimental research of graphene based nanostructures, in particular quantum dots, at a level accessible to young researchers, graduate students, experimentalists and theorists. It presents the current state of research of graphene quantum dots, a single or few monolayer thick islands of graphene. It introduces the reader to the electronic and optical properties of graphite, intercalated graphite and graphene, including Dirac fermions, Berry's phase associated with sublattices and valley degeneracy, covers single particle properties of graphene quantum dots, electron-electron interaction, magnetic properties and optical properties of gated graphene nanostructures. The electronic, optical and magnetic properties of the graphene quantum dots as a function of size, shape, type of edge and carrier density are considered. Special attention is paid to the understanding of edges and the emergence of edge states for zigzag edges. Atomistic tight binding and effective mass approaches to single particle calculations are performed. Furthermore, the theoretical and numerical treatment of electron-electron interactions at the mean-field, HF, DFT and configuration-interaction level is described in detail.

• Approache to Single Particle Edge States
• Atomistic Tight Binding and Effective Mass
• Edge States for Zigzag Edges
• Electronic and Optical Properties of
• Graphene Based Nanostructures
• Graphene Fabrication Methods
• Graphene Quantum Dots
• Graphene Ribbons
• Graphite and Grapheme
• Interactions at the Mean-Field
• Magnetic Properties of Graphene Nanostructures
• Mechanical Properties of Graphene
• Numerical Treatment of Electron-Electron

• Dept. of Physics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

  Alev Devrim Güçlü

• Wroclaw University of Technology Institute of Physics, Wroclaw, Poland

  Pawel Potasz

• Emerging Technologies Division Quantum Theory Group, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

  Marek Korkusinski

• Dept. of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  Pawel Hawrylak

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