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Proximity Effects Between the Graphene Quasicrystal and Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-01-21 v3 Materials Science

Abstract

We present a numerical study of three-layer graphene heterostructures in which the layers are twisted by the magic angle (\sim1.1^\circ) or by \sim3030^\circ to form a graphene quasicrystal. The heterostacks are described using realistic structural relaxations and tight-binding Hamiltonians, and their transport properties are computed for both pristine and disordered systems containing up to \sim8 million atoms. Owing to the weak interlayer coupling, we resolve the hybridization between magic-angle flat bands and quasicrystalline states, which are modified in distinct ways across low- and high-energy windows, revealing a new hybrid electronic regime to explore.

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@article{arxiv.2502.17069,
  title  = {Proximity Effects Between the Graphene Quasicrystal and Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene},
  author = {Pedro Alcázar Guerrero and Viet-Hung Nguyen and Aron W. Cummings and Jean-Christophe Charlier and Stephan Roche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17069},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6 pages, 7 figures