Renormalization group aspects of graphene

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1946, 2011, Pages 2625-2642

  Vozmediano, María A H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coulomb interactions; Graphene; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

BILAYER MATERIALS; CARBON ATOMS; CLEAN SYSTEMS; DIRAC HAMILTONIAN; FREE MODEL; LOW-ENERGY EXCITATIONS; LOW-ENERGY PHYSICS; MOMENTUM SPACES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; RENORMALIZATION GROUP; RENORMALIZATION GROUP ANALYSIS; SHORT RANGE INTERACTIONS; SINGLE POINT; SPECIAL FORMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS;

GRAPHENE; HAMILTONIANS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 79960019999     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0383     Document Type: Review

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