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We report preparation of large area quasi-1D monolayer graphene superlattices on a prototypical high index surface Cu(410)-O and characterization by Raman spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low energy electron diffraction…

We consider the electronic structure of a slightly twisted graphene bilayer and show the coexistence of van Hove singularities (VHSs) and superlattice Dirac points in a continuum approximation. The graphene-on-graphene moir\'e pattern gives…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-19 Zhao-Dong Chu , Wen-Yu He , Lin He

An electrostatic quantum dot cannot be formed in monolayer graphene, because of the Klein tunnelling. However, a dot can be formed with the help of a uniform magnetic field. As shown here, a spatial modulation of the Dirac gap leads to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 G. Giavaras , Franco Nori

Hybridization of highly itinerant Dirac electrons with localized flat-band states is predicted to yield emergent phenomena such as exotic heavy-fermion behaviour. Epitaxial graphene on two-dimensional adsorbate structures on SiC(0001),…

Based on first-principles calculations we predict that periodically repeated junctions of armchair graphene nanoribbons of different widths form superlattice structures. In these superlattice heterostructures the width and the energy gap…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Sevincli , M. Topsakal , S. Ciraci

We show that a planar array of bipolar waveguides in graphene can be used to engineer gapped and tilted two-dimensional Dirac cones within the electronic band structure. The presence of these gapped and tilted Dirac cones is demonstrated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-02 A. Wild , R. R. Hartmann , E. Mariani , M. E. Portnoi

New Dirac points appear when periodic potentials are applied to graphene, and there are many interesting effects near these new Dirac points. Here we investigate the $\textit{Zitterbewegung}$ effect of fermions described by a Gaussian wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-10 Jianli Luan , Shangyang Li , Tianxing Ma , Li-Gang Wang

We investigate electronic band gap and transport in Fibonacci quasi-periodic graphene superlattice. It is found that such structure can possess a zero-$\bar{k}$ gap which exists in all Fibonacci sequences. Different from Bragg gap,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Pei-Liang Zhao , Xi Chen

We combined periodic ripples and electrostatic potentials to form curved graphene superlattices and studied the effects of space-dependent Fermi velocity induced from curvature on their electronic properties. With equal periods and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-29 Jianli Luan , Kaiyi Guo , Shangyang Li , Tianxing Ma , Li-Gang Wang , Hai-Qing Lin

Electrodynamic properties of the graphene - magnetic semiconductor - graphene superlattice placed in magnetic field have been investigated theoretically in Faraday geometry with taking into account dissipation processes. Frequency and field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-31 Dmitry A. Kuzmin , Igor V. Bychkov , Vladimir G. Shavrov

Twisted moir\'e Dirac systems enable powerful miniband engineering but are largely fixed once the twist angle is set, whereas unidirectional (1D) electrostatic superlattices offer continuous control of Dirac anisotropy; yet robust…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Hanzhou Tan , Pilkyung Moon

The Landau level spectrum of graphene superlattices is studied using a tight-binding approach. We consider non-interacting particles moving on a hexagonal lattice with an additional one-dimensional superlattice made up of periodic square…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-28 G. Pal , W. Apel , L. Schweitzer

Dirac-like band crossings are paradigms in condensed matter systems to emulate high-energy physics phenomena. They are associated with two aspects: gap and tilting. The ability to design sign-changing gap gives rise to band topology,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Amir Youssefi , Ahmad Motavassal , Shingo Kono , Seyed Akbar Jafari , Tobias J. Kippenberg

Van der Waals heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride feature a moir\'e superlattice for graphene's Dirac electrons. Here, we review the effects generated by this superlattice, including a specific miniband structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-05 J. R. Wallbank , M. Mucha-Kruczynski , Xi Chen , V. I. Fal'ko

Both topological crystalline insulators surfaces and graphene host multi-valley massless Dirac fermions which are not pinned to a high-symmetry point of the Brillouin zone. Strain couples to the low-energy electrons as a time-reversal…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-05-18 Jörn W. F. Venderbos , Liang Fu

The band structure of ABC-stacked N-layer graphene comprises topologically corresponding flat surface and gapped bulk subbands, as a consequence of the unique stacking configuration. In this paper, the bulk subbands are for the first times…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Ching-Hong Ho , Cheng-Peng Chang , Ming-Fa Lin

The honeycomb lattice sets the basic arena for numerous ideas to implement electronic, photonic, or phononic topological bands in (meta-)materials. Novel opportunities to manipulate Dirac electrons in graphene through band engineering arise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-29 Tobias M. R. Wolf , Oded Zilberberg , Ivan Levkivkskyi , Gianni Blatter

The electronic transport properties of graphene-based superlattice structures are investigated. A graphene-based modulation-doped superlattice structure geometry is proposed and consist of periodically arranged alternate layers:…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-25 Dima Bolmatov , Chung-Yu Mou

We consider graphene superlattice miniband fermions probed by electronic interferometry in magneto-transport experiments. By decoding the observed Fabry-P\'erot interference patterns together with our corresponding quantum transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 R. Kraft , M. -H. Liu , P. B. Selvasundaram , S. -C. Chen , R. Krupke , K. Richter , R. Danneau

Plasmon collective excitations are studied in a planar graphene superlattice formed by periodically alternating regions of gapless graphene and of its gapped modification. The plasmon dispersion law is determined both for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-03 P. V. Ratnikov , A. P. Silin