The effect of edge and impurities sites properties on their localized states in semi-infinite zigzag edged 2D honeycomb graphene sheet

TL;DR

This study uses the tridiagonal method to analyze how edge and impurity site properties influence localized states in semi-infinite zigzag graphene sheets, aligning theoretical models with experimental observations.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of edge site effects on localized states in zigzag graphene, clarifying experimental data discrepancies.

Findings

Edge properties significantly affect localized states.

Results explain experimental local density of states.

Reconciles semiconductor behavior with theoretical models.

Abstract

In this work, the tridiagonal method is used to distinguish between edges modes and area modes to study the edge sites properties effect on edge localized states of semi-infinite zigzag 2D honeycomb graphene sheet. The results show a realistic behavior for the dependance of edge localized states of zigzag graphene on the edge sites properties which explaining the experimental results of measured local density of states at the edge of graphene, while at the same time removing the inconsistence between the semiconductor behavior found in the experimental data for fabricated GNRs and the expected theoretical semi-metallic behavior calculated without considering the edge properties effect on the edge localized states.