Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 6, 2026

Exfoliation and Analysis of Large-area, Air-Sensitive Two-Dimensional Materials
Published on: January 5, 2019
Topological phases in graphitic cones
1Department of Physics and Center for Materials Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA.
Abstract:
The electronic structure of graphitic cones exhibits distinctive topological features associated with the apical disclinations. Ahranov-Bohm magnetoconductance oscillations (period Phi(0)) are completely absent in rings fabricated from cones with a single pentagonal disclination. Close to the apex, the local density of states changes qualitatively, either developing a cusp which drops to zero at the Fermi energy, or forming a region of nonzero density across E(F), a local metallization of graphite.
Related Concept Videos
Phase Transitions: Melting and Freezing
Phase Diagrams
Network Covalent Solids
To break or to melt a covalent network solid, covalent bonds must be broken. Because covalent bonds are relatively strong, covalent network solids are typically...
Phase Diagram
Phase Diagram
Phase Diagrams of Ternary Systems

