Electronic properties of graphene: a perspective from scanning tunneling microscopy and magneto-transport

TL;DR

This review summarizes recent experimental advances in understanding graphene's electronic properties using scanning tunneling microscopy, spectroscopy, and magneto-transport, highlighting substrate effects, magnetic fields, and superconducting proximity.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of how various experimental techniques reveal the electronic behavior of graphene under different conditions.

Findings

Substrate interactions significantly alter graphene's electronic states.

Magnetic fields induce Landau levels observable via STM.

Proximity to superconductors affects graphene's electronic transport properties.

Abstract

This review covers recent experimental progress in probing the electronic properties of graphene and how they are influenced by various substrates, by the presence of a magnetic field and by the proximity to a superconductor. The focus is on results obtained using scanning tunneling microscopy, spectroscopy, transport and magneto-transport techniques.