Ising instability of a Holstein phonon mode in graphene
arXiv:1011.5888 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.073407
Abstract
We study the thermal distribution of phonons in a graphene sheet. Due to the two electronic bands there are two out-of-plane phonon modes with respect to the two sublattices. One of these modes undergoes an Ising transition by spontaneously breaking the sublattice symmetry. We calculate the critical point, the renormalization of the phonon frequency and the average lattice distortion. This transition might be observable in Raman scattering and in transport properties.
5 pages, 2 figures
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