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    Electronic properties of low dimensional carbon materials
    (2016) Sanders, Kirsty Gail
    Low dimensional carbon systems are of immense interest in condensed matter physics due to their exceptional and often startling electric and magnetic properties. In this dissertation we consider two of these materials - graphene and nanocrystalline diamond. The effect of synthesis parameters on the quality of graphene is examined and it is found that controlling the partial pressure of the synthesis gases plays a critical role in determining the quality of the sample. Superconductivity in Boron doped nanocrystalline diamond (B-NCD) is considered and weak localisation along with a Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition is identified in the samples. Furthermore we explore theoretically the problem of electric transport through a double quantum dot system coupled to a nanomechanical resonator. We find resonant tunnelling when the difference between the energy levels of the dots equals an integer multiple of the resonator frequency, and that while initially increasing the electron phonon coupling (g) increases the current through the sample further increase in g inhibits electric transport through the quantum dots.