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Scale-invariant large nonlocality in polycrystalline graphene

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  • Mário Ribeiro

    (CIC nanoGUNE
    Institute for Basic Science (IBS))

  • Stephen R. Power

    (CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • Stephan Roche

    (CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
    ICREA—Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats)

  • Luis E. Hueso

    (CIC nanoGUNE
    Basque Foundation for Science)

  • Fèlix Casanova

    (CIC nanoGUNE
    Basque Foundation for Science)

Abstract

The observation of large nonlocal resistances near the Dirac point in graphene has been related to a variety of intrinsic Hall effects, where the spin or valley degrees of freedom are controlled by symmetry breaking mechanisms. Engineering strong spin or valley Hall signals on scalable graphene devices could stimulate further practical developments of spin- and valleytronics. Here we report on scale-invariant nonlocal transport in large-scale chemical vapor deposition graphene under an applied external magnetic field. Contrary to previously reported Zeeman spin Hall effect, our results are explained by field-induced spin-filtered edge states whose sensitivity to grain boundaries manifests in the nonlocal resistance. This phenomenon, related to the emergence of the quantum Hall regime, persists up to the millimeter scale, showing that polycrystalline morphology can be imprinted in nonlocal transport. This suggests that topological Hall effects in large-scale graphene materials are highly sensitive to the underlying structural morphology, limiting practical realizations.

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  • Mário Ribeiro & Stephen R. Power & Stephan Roche & Luis E. Hueso & Fèlix Casanova, 2017. "Scale-invariant large nonlocality in polycrystalline graphene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-02346-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02346-x
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