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# Thermopower of a graphene monolayer with inhomogeneous spin-orbit interaction

• We consider a single layer of graphene with a Rashba spin-orbit coupling localized in the central region. Generally, a spin-orbit interaction induces a spin splitting and modifies the band structure of graphene, opening a gap between the two sublattices. We investigate the transport properties within the scattering approach and calculate the linear electric and thermoelectric conductances. We observe a weak dependence of the electric conductance with both the length of the spin-orbit region and the Rashba strength. Strikingly, the thermoelectric conductance is much more sensitive to variations of these two parameters. Our results are relevant in view of recent developments that emphasize thermoelectric effects in graphene.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 82D80, 82D37; Secondary: 81U15.

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