The transformation of digital computers from bulky machines to portable systems has been
enabled by new materials and advanced processing technologies that allow ultrahigh …

The electronic properties of graphene, a two-dimensional crystal of carbon atoms, are
exceptionally novel. For instance, the low-energy quasiparticles in graphene behave as …

In this perspective, we focus on a new type of quantum dots, graphene quantum dots
(GQDs). Due to quantum confinement and edge effects, GQDs have presented extraordinary …

We derive an effective Hamiltonian that describes the dynamics of electrons in the
conduction band of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) in the presence of …

The existence of inequivalent valleys K and K′ in the momentum space of 2D hexagonal
lattices provides a new electronic degree of freedom, the manipulation of which can …

This brief review discusses electronic properties of mesoscopic graphene-based structures.
These allow controlling the confinement and transport of charge and spin; thus, they are of …

In bilayer graphene, electrostatic confinement can be realized by a suitable design of top
and back gate electrodes. We measure electronic transport through a bilayer graphene …

Bilayer graphene is a promising platform for electrically controllable qubits in a two-
dimensional material. Of particular interest is the ability to encode quantum information in …

It is of scientific importance to obtain graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with narrow‐size
distribution in order to unveil their size‐dependent structural and optical properties, thereby …

The Dirac equation is solved for triangular and hexagonal graphene quantum dots for
different boundary conditions in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. We analyze …