The elementary excitations of monolayer graphene, which behave as massless Dirac
particles, make it a fascinating venue in which to study relativistic quantum phenomena. One …

We address the problem of spin-resolved scattering through spin-orbit nanostructures in
graphene, ie, regions of inhomogeneous spin-orbit coupling on the nanometer scale. We …

We investigate charge transport of pn and npn junctions made from silicene, a Si analogue
of graphene. The conductance shows the distinct gate-voltage dependencies peculiar to the …

Within an effective Dirac theory the low-energy dispersions of monolayer graphene in the
presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and spin-degenerate bilayer graphene are …

We study the contact resistance and the transfer characteristics of back-gated field effect
transistors of mono-and bi-layer graphene. We measure specific contact resistivity of~ 7 k Ω …

We studied how the strain, induced exchange field and extrinsic Rashba spin-orbit coupling
(RSOC) enhance the electronic band structure (EBS) and electronic heat capacity (EHC) of …

Substrate-induced spin–orbit splitting in graphene on Ni, Au and Ag (111) is examined on
the basis of density-functional theory. The Rashba splitting of π bands along the ΓM …

We investigate the transport properties of a graphene layer in the presence of Rashba spin-
orbit interaction. Quite generally, spin-orbit interactions induce spin splittings and …

We consider plane junctions with graphene electrodes, which are formed by a single-level
system (“molecule”) placed between the edges of two single-layer graphene half planes. We …

The non-centro-symmetric semiconductor BiTeI exhibits two distinct surface terminations that
support spin-split Rashba surface states. Their ambipolarity can be exploited for creating …