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    Defect Induced Anderson Localization and Magnetization in Graphene Quantum Dots
    (Elsevier, 2018) Altıntaş, Abdulmenaf; Güçlü, Alev Devrim
    We theoretically investigate the effects of atomic defect related short-range disorders and electron-electron interactions on Anderson type localization and the magnetic properties of hexagonal armchair graphene quantum dots using an extended mean-field Hubbard model and wave packet dynamics for the calculation of localization lengths. We observe that randomly distributed defects with concentrations between 1 and 5% of the total number of atoms leads to localization alongside magnetic puddle-like structures. Although the localization lengths are not affected by interactions, staggered magnetism and localization are found to be enhanced if the defects are distributed unevenly between the sublattices of the honeycomb lattice.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
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    Effects of Random Atomic Disorder on the Magnetic Stability of Graphene Nanoribbons With Zigzag Edges
    (American Physical Society, 2018) Çakmak, Korhan Ertan; Altıntaş, Abdulmenaf; Güçlü, Alev Devrim
    We investigate the effects of randomly distributed atomic defects on the magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges using an extended mean-field Hubbard model. For a balanced defect distribution among the sublattices of the honeycomb lattice in the bulk region of the ribbon, the ground-state antiferromagnetism of the edge states remains unaffected. By analyzing the excitation spectrum, we show that while the antiferromagnetic ground state is susceptible to single spin-flip excitations from edge states to magnetic defect states at low defect concentrations, its overall stability is enhanced with respect to the ferromagnetic phase.
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    Citation - WoS: 8
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    Effects of Long-Range Disorder and Electronic Interactions on the Optical Properties of Graphene Quantum Dots
    (American Physical Society, 2017) Altıntaş, Abdulmenaf; Çakmak, K. E.; Güçlü, Alev Devrim
    We theoretically investigate the effects of long-range disorder and electron-electron interactions on the optical properties of hexagonal armchair graphene quantum dots consisting of up to 10 806 atoms. The numerical calculations are performed using a combination of tight-binding, mean-field Hubbard, and configuration interaction methods. Imperfections in the graphene quantum dots are modeled as a long-range random potential landscape, giving rise to electron-hole puddles. We show that, when the electron-hole puddles are present, the tight-binding method gives a poor description of the low-energy absorption spectra compared to mean-field and configuration interaction calculation results. As the size of the graphene quantum dot is increased, the universal optical conductivity limit can be observed in the absorption spectrum. When disorder is present, the calculated absorption spectrum approaches the experimental results for isolated monolayers of graphene sheets.
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    Citation - WoS: 16
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    Magnetic Phases of Graphene Nanoribbons Under Potential Fluctuations
    (American Physical Society, 2016) Özdemir, Hakan Ulaş; Altıntaş, Abdulmenaf; Güçlü, Alev Devrim
    We investigate the effects of long-range potential fluctuations and electron-electron interactions on the electronic and magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges using an extended mean-field Hubbard model. We show that electron-electron interactions make the edge states robust against potential fluctuations. When the disorder is strong enough, the presence of electron-hole puddles induces a magnetic phase transition from antiferromagnetically coupled edge states to ferromagnetic coupling, in agreement with recent experimental results.