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arxiv: 0812.1577 · v1 · submitted 2008-12-08 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Model for the magnetoresistance and Hall coefficient of inhomogeneous graphene

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We show that when bulk graphene breaks into n-type and p-type puddles, the in-plane resistivity becomes strongly field dependent in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field, even if homoge- neous graphene has a field-independent resistivity. We calculate the longitudinal resistivity \rho_{xx} and Hall resistivity \rho_{xy} as a function of field for this system, using the effective-medium approximation. The conductivity tensors of the individual puddles are calculated using a Boltzmann approach suit- able for the band structure of graphene near the Dirac points. The resulting resistivity agrees well with experiment, provided that the relaxation time is weakly field-dependent. The calculated Hall resistivity has the sign of the majority carrier and vanishes when there are equal number of n and p type puddles.

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