1
|
Roy R, Holec D, Michal L, Hemzal D, Sarkar S, Sandeep Kumar G, Nečas D, Dhankhar M, Kaushik P, Jénnifer Gómez I, Zajíčková L. Possible charge ordering and anomalous transport in graphene/graphene quantum dot heterostructure. J Phys Condens Matter 2024; 36:265601. [PMID: 38457842 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad31bf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
Abstract
Observations of superconductivity and charge density waves (CDW) in graphene have been elusive thus far due to weak electron-phonon coupling (EPC) interactions. Here, we report a unique observation of anomalous transport and multiple charge ordering phases at high temperatures (T1∼213K,T2∼325K) in a 0D-2D van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure comprising of single layer graphene (SLG) and functionalized (amine) graphene quantum dots (GQD). The presence of functionalized GQD contributed to charge transfer with shifting of the Dirac point ∼ 0.05 eV above the Fermi level (ab initio simulations) and carrier densityn∼-0.3×1012 cm-2confirming p-doping in SLG and two-fold increase in EPC interaction was achieved. Moreover, we elucidate the interplay between electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions to substantiate high temperature EPC driven charge ordering in the heterostructure through analyses of magnetotransport and weak anti-localization (WAL) framework. Our results provide impetus to investigate strongly correlated phenomena such as CDW and superconducting phase transitions in novel graphene based heterostructures.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Rajarshi Roy
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
| | - David Holec
- Department of Materials Science, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef-Strasse 18, A-8700 Leoben, Austria
| | - Lukáš Michal
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
| | - Dušan Hemzal
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Kotlářská, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
| | - Saikat Sarkar
- Thin Film and Nanoscience Lab, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
| | - Gundam Sandeep Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
| | - David Nečas
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
| | - Meena Dhankhar
- National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Oersteds Plads-Building 347, Kongens Lyngby 2800 DK, Denmark
| | - Preeti Kaushik
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Kotlářská, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
| | - I Jénnifer Gómez
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Kotlářská, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
- Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, Rúa as Carballeiras, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
| | - Lenka Zajíčková
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Kotlářská, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
| |
Collapse
|