Disorder-mediated Kondo effect in graphene

作者:Miranda V G*; Dias da Silva Luis G G V; Lewenkopf C H
来源:Physical Review B, 2014, 90(20): 201101.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.201101

摘要

We study the emergence of strongly correlated states and Kondo physics in disordered graphene. Diluted short-range disorder gives rise to localized midgap states at the vicinity of the system charge neutrality point. We show that long-range disorder, ubiquitous in graphene, allows for the coupling of these localized states to an effective (disorder averaged) metallic band. The system is described by an Anderson-like model. We use the numerical renormalization group method to study the distributions of Kondo temperatures P(T-K). The results show that disorder can lead to long logarithmic tails in P(T-K), consistent with a quantum Griffiths phase.

  • 出版日期2014-11-3