Probing the zero energy shell wave functions of triangular graphene quantum dots with broken sublattice symmetry using a localized impurity

IF 2.1 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER

Solid State Communications Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1016/j.ssc.2025.115899

Alina Wania Rodrigues , Daniel Miravet , James Lawrence , Paweł Hawrylak

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Abstract

We present here a method of probing the wave functions of a degenerate shell in a triangular graphene quantum dot, [n]triangulene, using a localized substitutional impurity. We demonstrate its applicability to the example of aza-[n]triangulenes. Using the analytical solution for degenerate states of an all-carbon [n]triangulene as a basis for a [n]triangulene containing a nitrogen impurity, we predict the structure of the zero energy shell in the presence of this impurity. We show that the impurity allows probing of the wave functions of a degenerate shell on a carbon site where it is located. We confirm our predictions by a comparison with the tight-binding and ab-initio calculation as well as with experiment.

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Solid State Communications 物理-物理：凝聚态物理

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

4.80%

发文量

287

审稿时长

51 days

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