Coupled multiphysics modelling of sensors for chemical, biomedical, and environmental applications with focus on smart materials and low-dimensional …

S Singh, R Melnik - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Low-dimensional nanostructures have many advantages when used in sensors compared
to the traditional bulk materials, in particular in their sensitivity and specificity. In such …

Ab-initio calculations of strain induced relaxed shape armchair graphene nanoribbon

S Prabhakar, R Melnik - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and …, 2019 - Elsevier
An odd number of zigzag edges in armchair graphene nanoribbons and their mechanical
properties (eg, Young's modulus, Poisson ratio and shear modulus) have potential interest …

Valley-dependent Lorentz force and Aharonov-Bohm phase in strained graphene junction

S Prabhakar, R Nepal, R Melnik, AA Kovalev - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Veselago lens focusing in graphene pn junction is promising for realizations of new
generation electron optics devices. However, the effect of the strain-induced Aharonov …

Nonlocal Models in Biology and Life Sciences: Sources, Developments, and Applications

S Pal, R Melnik - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.14651, 2024 - arxiv.org
Nonlocality is important in realistic mathematical models of physical and biological systems
at small-length scales. It characterizes the properties of two individuals located in different …

Pseudospin lifetime in relaxed-shape armchair graphene nanoribbons due to in-plane phonon modes

S Prabhakar, R Melnik, L Bonilla - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We study the influence of ripple waves on the band structures of strained armchair graphene
nanoribbons. We argue that the Zeeman pseudospin (p-spin) splitting energy induced by …

Strain engineering of graphene nanoribbons: pseudomagnetic versus external magnetic fields

S Prabhakar, R Melnik, L Bonilla - The European Physical Journal B, 2017 - Springer
Bandgap opening due to strain engineering is a key architect for making graphene's
optoelectronic, straintronic, and spintronic devices. We study the bandgap opening due to …

Relaxation of electron–hole spins in strained graphene nanoribbons

S Prabhakar, R Melnik - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the influence of magnetic field originating from the electromechanical effect
on the spin-flip behaviors caused by electromagnetic field radiation in the strained graphene …

Band engineering and elastic properties of strained armchair graphene nanoribbons: semiconductor vs metallic characteristics

S Prabhakar, R Melnik - arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.00576, 2019 - arxiv.org
An odd number of zigzag edges in armchair graphene nanoribbons and their mechanical
properties (eg, Young's modulus, Poisson ratio and shear modulus) have potential interest …

Ripples in graphene sheets and nanoribbons

S Prabhakar, R Melnik - Advances in Science and Technology, 2017 - Trans Tech Publ
We study the influence of ripple waves on graphene sheets and graphene nanoribbons.
Such waves are originating from the electromechanical effects, among other possible …

Electron transport through a graphene quantum dot: the role of line defect

WJ Gong, LH Jin, X Sun, Y Han - Applied Physics A, 2015 - Springer
We investigate the electron transport through a graphene quantum dot with one line defect,
by coupling the dot to two normal metallic leads. It is found that in the cases of the leads …