Interaction phenomena in graphene seen through quantum capacitance
Abstract
Capacitance measurements provide a powerful means of probing the density of states. The technique has proved particularly successful in studying 2D electron systems, revealing a number of interesting many-body effects. Here, we use large-area high-quality graphene capacitors to study behavior of the density of states in this material in zero and high magnetic fields. Clear renormalization of the linear spectrum due to electron-electron interactions is observed in zero field. Quantizing fields lead to splitting of the spin- and valley-degenerate Landau levels into quartets separated by interaction-enhanced energy gaps. These many-body states exhibit negative compressibility but the compressibility returns to positive in ultrahigh B. The reentrant behavior is attributed to a competition between field-enhanced interactions and nascent fractional states.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- February 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.1300599110
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1302.3967
- Bibcode:
- 2013PNAS..110.3282Y
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 110, 3282-3286 (2013)