Consider the electronic structure of graphene. (a) At how many points in the first Brillouin zone do

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Consider the electronic structure of graphene.

(a) At how many points in the first Brillouin zone do the conduction and valence bands of graphene meet?

(b) What is the name given to those points?

(c) The bands that meet are derived from which atomic orbitals on carbon: 2s, 2px, 2py, and/or 2pz?

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Solid State Materials Chemistry

ISBN: 9780521873253

1st Edition

Authors: Patrick M. Woodward, Pavel Karen, John S. O. Evans, Thomas Vogt

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