Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i12.14
Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 12, Pages: 74-78
Original Article
S. Sahoo1 and S. K. Sahoo2
1Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur – 713209, West Bengal, India.
2Department of Physics, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar – 751024, Orissa, India
*Author for the correspondence:
S. K. Sahoo
Department of Physics, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University,
Bhubaneswar – 751024, Orissa, India,
E-mail: [email protected]
Graphene is the first two-dimensional allotrope of carbon. Recent theoretical studies of graphene reveal that the linear electronic band dispersion near the Brillouin zone corners give rise to electrons and holes that propagate as if they are massless fermions and anomalous quantum transport is observed experimentally. Graphene has potential for serving as an excellent electronic material that can be used in place of silicon for making ultrafast and stable transistors. It is considered as a promising candidate for electronics and spintronics applications. It provides a bridge between condensed matter physics and quantum electrodynamics. Keywords: Carbon, graphene, Dirac fermions, anomalous quantum Hall effect
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