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Metal to insulator transition on the N=0 Landau level in graphene.

Authors :
Zhang L
Zhang Y
Khodas M
Valla T
Zaliznyak IA
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2010 Jul 23; Vol. 105 (4), pp. 046804. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 22.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The magnetotransport in single layer graphene has been experimentally investigated in magnetic fields up to 18 T as a function of temperature. A pronounced T dependence is observed for T≲50  K, which is either metallic, or insulating, depending on the filling factor ν. The metal-insulator transition (MIT) occurs at |ν{c}|∼0.65 and in the regime of the dissipative transport, where the longitudinal resistance Rxx>1/2R{K}. The critical resistivity (Rxx per square) is ρ{xx}(ν{c})≈1/2R{K} and is correlated with the appearance of zero plateau in Hall conductivity σ{xy}(ν) and peaks in σ{xx}(ν). This leads us to construct a universal low-T (n, B) phase diagram of this quantum phase transition.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
105
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
20867875
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.046804