Topological polarization in graphene-like systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/46/38/385001MaRDI QIDQ2855987zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Giuseppe De Nittis, Max Lein

Publication date 23 October 2013

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7478

zbMATH Keywords

Brioullin algebraFermi energygrapheneKing-Smith-Vanderbilt formulapiezoelectricity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

Abstract: In this article we investigate the possibility of generating piezoelectric orbital polarization in graphene-like systems which are deformed periodically. We start with discrete two-level models which depend on control parameters; in this setting, time-dependent model hamiltonians are described by loops in parameter space. Then, the gap structure at a given Fermi energy generates a non-trivial topology on parameter space which then leads to possibly non-trivial polarizations. More precisely, we show the polarization, as given by the *King-Smith--Vanderbilt formula*, depends only on the homotopy class of the loop; hence, a necessary condition for non-trivial piezo effects is that the fundamental group of the gapped parameter space must not be trivial. The use of the framework of non-commutative geometry implies our results extend to systems with weak disorder. We then apply this analysis to the uniaxial strain model for graphene which includes nearest-neighbor hopping and a stagger potential, and show that it supports non-trivial piezo effects; this is in agreement with recent physics literature.

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