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Graphene is one of the most intensively studied materials, and has unusual electrical, mechanical and thermal properties, which provide almost unlimited potential applications. This book provides an introduction to the electrical and transport properties of graphene and other two-dimensional nanomaterials, covering ab-initio to multiscale methods. Updated from the first edition, the authors have added chapters on other two-dimensional materials, spin-related phenomena, and an improved overview of Berry phase effects. Other topics include powerful order N electronic structure, transport calculations, and ac transport and multiscale transport methodologies. Chapters are complemented with concrete examples and case studies, questions and exercises, detailed appendices and computational codes. It is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers working in physics, materials science or engineering who are interested in the field of graphene-based nanomaterials.

Provides pedagogical presentations of basic concepts and methodologies concerning electronic and transport properties
Introduces a large number of examples of state-of-the-art research and concrete case studies, allowing the reader to engage with the most up-to-date research
Discusses current debate and future challenges for theory and simulation
Exercises are provided throughout the book, with further problems and solutions available online



Table of Contents

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. Introduction to carbon-based nanostructures
2. Electronic properties of carbon-based nanostructures
3. The new family of two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures
4. Quantum transport: general concepts
5. Klein tunneling and ballistic transport
6. Quantum transport in disordered graphene-based materials
7. Quantum Hall effects in graphene
8. Spin-related phenomena
9. Quantum transport beyond DC
10. Ab initio and multiscale quantum transport in graphene-based materials
Appendix A. Electronic structure calculations: the density functional theory
Appendix B. Electronic structure calculations: the many-body perturbation theory
Appendix C. Green´s functions and ab initio quantum transport in the Landauer-Büttiker formalism
References
Index.