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Topological Flat Bands in Graphene Super-moir\'e Lattices

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2024-03-19 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Moir\'e-pattern based potential engineering has become an important way to explore exotic physics in a variety of two-dimensional condensed matter systems. While these potentials have induced correlated phenomena in almost all commonly studied 2D materials, monolayer graphene has remained an exception. We demonstrate theoretically that a single layer of graphene, when placed between two bulk boron nitride crystal substrates with the appropriate twist angles can support a robust topological ultra-flat band emerging from the second hole band. This is one of the simplest platforms to design and exploit topological flat bands.

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@article{arxiv.2306.10116,
  title  = {Topological Flat Bands in Graphene Super-moir\'e Lattices},
  author = {Mohammed M. Al Ezzi and Junxiong Hu and Ariando and Francisco Guinea and Shaffique Adam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.10116},
  year   = {2024}
}