The effect of strain on spin-orbit coupling in single- and multi-layer graphene. University of Antwerp
In this project we will investigate the spin-orbit interaction in graphene in the presence of in-plane and out-of-plane strain. By applying strain the interatomic distance changes and a rehybridization between different orbitals occurs. The key question whichI want to answer is: how is the intrinsic and extrinsic spin-orbit coupling modified in the presence of strain? Therefore we will derive a modified Hamiltonian with spatial dependent spin ...