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Two phases with different domain wall networks and a reentrant phase transition in bilayer graphene under strain

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-04-21 v1

Abstract

The analytical two-chain Frenkel-Kontorova model is used to describe domain wall networks in bilayer graphene upon biaxial stretching of one of the layers. We show that the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition leading to formation of a regular triangular domain wall network at the relative biaxial elongation of 3.01033.0\cdot 10^{-3} is followed by the transition to another incommensurate phase with a striped network at the elongation of 3.71033.7\cdot 10^{-3}. The reentrant transition to the phase with a triangular domain wall network is predicted for the elongation 102\sim10^{-2}.

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@article{arxiv.2004.08485,
  title  = {Two phases with different domain wall networks and a reentrant phase transition in bilayer graphene under strain},
  author = {Irina V. Lebedeva and Andrey M. Popov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.08485},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures