We consider the role of deformations in graphene heterostructures with hexagonal crystals (including strain, wrinkles and dislocations) on the geometrical properties of moire patterns characteristic for a pair of two incommensurate misaligned isostructural crystals. By, employing a phenomenological theory to describe generic moire perturbation in van der Waals heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal crystals we investigate the electronic properties of such heterostructure.
@article{arxiv.1408.1624,
title = {Moire pattern as a magnifying glass for strain and dislocations in van der Waals heterostructures},
author = {Diana A. Cosma and John R. Wallbank and Vadim Cheianov and Vladimir I. Fal'ko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.1624},
year = {2014}
}
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9 pages, 4 figures. Invited contribution to Faraday Discussion 173: New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials