Coulomb Interaction, Ripples, and the Minimal Conductivity of Graphene

Igor F. Herbut, Vladimir Juričić, and Oskar Vafek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 046403 – Published 28 January 2008

Abstract

We argue that the unscreened Coulomb interaction in graphene provides a positive, universal, and logarithmic correction to scaling of zero-temperature conductivity with frequency. The combined effect of the disorder due to wrinkling of the graphene sheet and the long-range electron-electron interactions is a finite positive contribution to the dc conductivity. This contribution is disorder strength dependent and thus nonuniversal. The low-energy behavior of such a system is governed by the line of fixed points at which both the interaction and disorder are finite, and the density of states is exactly linear. An estimate of the typical random vector potential representing ripples in graphene brings the theoretical value of the minimal conductivity into the vicinity of 4e2/h.

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  • Received 7 August 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.046403

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Igor F. Herbut1, Vladimir Juričić1, and Oskar Vafek2

  • 1Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
  • 2National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA

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Vol. 100, Iss. 4 — 1 February 2008

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