Computational Investigation of Electronic Band Structure in Graphene Using Tight-binding Approximation
This study computationally validates the tight-binding approximation as a reliable framework for modeling graphene's electronic band structure, successfully reproducing its semimetallic nature, zero band gap, and massless Dirac fermion behavior with a Fermi velocity of approximately 1.0 × 10⁶ m/s using a hopping parameter of 2.8 eV.