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We demonstrate that the electronic spectrum of graphene in a one-dimensional periodic potential will develop a Landau level spectrum when the potential magnitude varies slowly in space. The effect is related to extra Dirac points generated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-28 Jianmin Sun , H. A. Fertig , L. Brey

Previously reported formulation for electrons on curved periodic surfaces is used to analyze the band structure of an electron bound on the gyroid surface (the only triply-periodic minimal surface that has screw axes). We find that an…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Koshino , H. Aoki

Experiments on bilayer graphene unveiled a fascinating realization of stacking disorder where triangular domains with well-defined Bernal stacking are delimited by a hexagonal network of strain solitons. Here we show by means of numerical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-13 Fernando Gargiulo , Oleg V. Yazyev

We present a mainly analytical study of the entanglement spectrum of Bernal-stacked graphene bilayers in the presence of trigonal warping in the energy spectrum. Upon tracing out one layer, the entanglement spectrum shows qualitative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-07 Sonja Predin , Paul Wenk , John Schliemann

Low-energy electronic behavior in graphite crystals is highly dependent on the relative stacking arrangement of the constituent layers. Topologically non-trivial electronic states can arise due to interrupted rhombohedral (ABC) stacking,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Luke Soneji , Simon Crampin , Marcin Mucha-Kruczynski

Employing the low-energy effective theory alongside a combination of analytical and numerical techniques, we explore the Landau level collapse phenomenon, uncovering previously undisclosed features. We consider both finite-width graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 A. A. Herasymchuk , S. G. Sharapov , V. P. Gusynin

We consider magnetic breakdown in twisted bilayer graphene where electrons may hop between semiclassical $k$-space trajectories in different layers. These trajectories within a doubled Brillouin zone constitute a network in which an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Chi-Ken Lu , H. A. Fertig

In this paper, the electronic properties of 30{\deg} twisted double bilayer graphene, which loses the translational symmetry due to the incommensurate twist angle, are studied by means of the tight-binding approximation. We demonstrate the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-14 Guodong Yu , Zewen Wu , Zhen Zhan , Mikhail I. Katsnelson , Shengjun Yuan

It is well established that some kinds of lattice deformations in graphene monolayer, which change electron hopping in sublattice and affect in-plane motion of electrons, may induce out-of-plane pseudo-magnetic fields as large as 100 T.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-10 Wen-Yu He , Ying Su , Mudan Yang , Lin He

We review the basic aspects of electrons in graphene (two-dimensional graphite) exposed to a strong perpendicular magnetic field. One of its most salient features is the relativistic quantum Hall effect the observation of which has been the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-24 M. O. Goerbig

Compared to monolayer graphene, electrons in Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) have an additional layer degree of freedom, offering a platform for developing {\it layered spintronics} with the help of proximity-induced magnetism. Based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Xuechao Zhai , Yaroslav M. Blanter

We theoretically study the electronic structure of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene with disordered moir\'e patterns. By using an extended continuum model incorporating non-uniform lattice distortion, we find that the local density of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Naoto Nakatsuji , Mikito Koshino

The electronic spectrum of three coupled graphene layers (graphene trilayers) is investigated in the presence of an external magnetic field. We obtain analytical expressions for the Landau level spectrum for both the ABA and ABC - type of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-06 J. M. Pereira , S. H. R. Sena , F. M. Peeters , G. A. Farias

We report on microscopic measurements of the low-energy electronic structures both at zigzag and armchair edges of bilayer graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM and STS). We have found that, both in the absence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Long-Jing Yin , Yu Zhang , Jia-Bin Qiao , Si-Yu Li , Lin He

Electronic correlations stemming from nearly flat bands in van der Waals materials have demonstrated to be a powerful playground to engineer artificial quantum matter, including superconductors, correlated insulators and topological matter.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-04 Antonio L. R. Manesco , Jose L. Lado , Eduardo V. S. Ribeiro , Gabrielle Weber , Durval Rodrigues

We review the effect of uniaxial strain on the low-energy electronic dispersion and Landau level structure of bilayer graphene. Based on the tight-binding approach, we derive a strain-induced term in the low-energy Hamiltonian and show how…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-16 M. Mucha-Kruczynski , I. L. Aleiner , V. I. Fal'ko

We analyze, within a minimal model that allows analytical calculations, the electronic structure and Landau levels of graphene multi-layers with different stacking orders. We find, among other results, that electrostatic effects can induce…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Guinea , A. H. Castro Neto , N. M. R. Peres

The electronic properties of a triaxially strained hexagonal graphene flake with either armchair or zig-zag edges are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and tight-binding calculations. We found that: i) the pseudo-magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Neek-Amal , L. Covaci , Kh. Shakouri , F. M. Peeters

Magneto-transmission measurements in magnetic fields in the range B=20-60T have been performed to probe the H and K-point Landau level transitions in natural graphite. At the H-point, two series of transitions, whose energy evolves as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 N. Ubrig , P. Plochocka , P. Kossacki , M. Orlita , D. K. Maude , O. Portugall , G. L. J. A. Rikken

The large lattice constant of Moire superlattice formed in twisted bilayer graphene for small twist enables observing the Landau levels splitting into Hofstadter butterflies in energy spectra for moderate magnetic field. This is expected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-22 Tomasz Chwiej