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Dr Jens Martin

Lecturer

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Telephone: 01392 725825

Electronic systems in low dimensions have been intensively investigated for many years because of the novel physical phenomena emerging when the phase space of electrons is restricted. A famous example is the quantum Hall effect in 2-dim electronic systems. Moreover, the role of electron interactions is enhanced in low dimensional systems resulting in even more surprising effects, for example the appearance of fractional charge.

Recently, the discovery of graphene introduced a new and exciting material system which enables us to investigate a truly 2-dim electronic system with relativistic electrons.

In my research I will focus on the experimental investigation of electronic properties in graphene:

  • Novel quantum Hall and topological states in graphene.
  • Electro-mechanical interaction and artificial gauge fields.
  • Local modification of graphene using scanning probe techniques.