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Twists and The Electronic Structure of Graphitic Materials

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2019-11-26 v3

Abstract

We analyze the effect of twists on the electronic structure of configurations of infinite stacks of graphene layers. We focus on three different cases: an infinite stack where each layer is rotated with respect to the previous one by a fixed angle, two pieces of semi-infinite graphite rotated with respect to each other, and finally a single layer of graphene rotated with respect to a graphite surface. In all three cases we find a rich structure, with sharp resonances and flat bands for small twist angles. The method used can be easily generalized to more complex arrangements and stacking sequences.

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@article{arxiv.1903.08403,
  title  = {Twists and The Electronic Structure of Graphitic Materials},
  author = {Tommaso Cea and Niels R. Walet and Francisco Guinea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.08403},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages, 14 figures

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