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Due to low dimensionality, the controlled stacking of the graphene films and their electronic properties are susceptible to environmental changes including strain. The strain-induced modification of the electronic properties such as the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 Zahra Khatibi , Afshin Namiranian , Fariborz Parhizgar

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has recently emerged as a new platform for studying electron correlations, the strength of which can be controlled via the twist angle. Here, we study the effect of internal screening on electron-electron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-12-18 Zachary A. H. Goodwin , Fabiano Corsetti , Arash A. Mostofi , Johannes Lischner

The interplay of twist and strain in bilayer graphene enables the formation of moir\'e patterns and narrow bands that host correlated and topological phases. While magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has been widely studied, strain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Federico Escudero , Dong Wang , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Shengjun Yuan , Francisco Guinea , Zhen Zhan

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has emerged as a promising platform to explore exotic electronic phases. However, the formation of moir\'e patterns in tBLG has thus far been confined to the introduction of twist angles between the layers.…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-10 Gabriel R. Schleder , Michele Pizzochero , Efthimios Kaxiras

We investigate the electronic structure of alternating-twist triple Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene (t3BG) as a function of interlayer coupling $\omega$, twist angle $\theta$, interlayer potential difference $\Delta$, and top-bottom…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Jiseon Shin , Bheema Lingam Chittari , Yunsu Jang , Hongki Min , Jeil Jung

We have used ab initio density functional theory, incorporating van der Waals corrections, to study twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) where Stone-Wales defects or monovacancies are introduced in one of the layers. We compare these results to…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-30 Kanchan Ulman , Shobhana Narasimhan

We study the electronic and topological properties of fully relaxed twisted bilayer (TBG) and double bilayer (TDBG) graphene under perpendicular pressure. An approach has been proposed to obtain the equilibrium in-plane structural…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-20 Xianqing Lin , Haotian Zhu , Jun Ni

Recent transport studies have demonstrated the great potential of twisted monolayer-bilayer graphene (tMBG) as a new platform to host moir\'e flat bands with a higher tunability than twisted bilayer graphene (tBG). However, a direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-10 Ling-Hui Tong , Qingjun Tong , Li-Zhen Yang , Yue-Ying Zhou , Qilong Wu , Yuan Tian , Li Zhang , Lijie Zhang , Zhihui Qin , Long-Jing Yin

We report a systematic plasmonic study of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) - two graphene layers stacked with a twist angle. Through real-space nanoimaging of TBLG single crystals with a wide distribution of twist angles, we find that TBLG…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-30 Fengrui Hu , Suprem R Das , Yilong Luan , T. -F. Chung , Yong P. Chen , Zhe Fei

The effect of an hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer close aligned with twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) is studied. At sufficiently low angles between twisted bilayer graphene and hBN, $\theta_{hBN} \lesssim 2^\circ$, the graphene electronic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-10-28 Tommaso Cea , Pierre A. Pantaleon , Francisco Guinea

We study how the electronic structure of the bilayer graphene (BLG) is changed by electric field and strain from {\it ab initio} density-functional calculations using the LMTO and the LAPW methods. Both hexagonal and Bernal stacked…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-03-10 B. R. K. Nanda , S. Satpathy

Flat band electronic modes are responsible for superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) rotated at magic angles. From there other magic angles can be found for any multilayered twisted graphene systems. Eventually, this lead to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-15 Leonardo A. Navarro-Labastida , Gerardo G. Naumis

The salient property of the electronic band structure of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), at the so-called magic angle (MA), is the emergence of flat bands around the charge neutrality point. These bands are associated with the observed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-04 Sonia Haddad , Takeo Kato , Jihang Zhu , Lassaad Mandhour

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has recently emerged as a platform for hosting correlated phenomena, owing to the exceptionally flat band dispersion that results near interlayer twist angle $\theta\approx1.1^\circ$. At low temperature a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-03 H. Polshyn , M. Yankowitz , S. Chen , Y. Zhang , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , C. R. Dean , A. F. Young

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene is a tunable material with remarkably flat energy bands near the Fermi level, leading to fascinating transport properties and correlated states at low temperatures. However, grown pristine samples of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-29 Aleksander Sanjuan Ciepielewski , Jakub Tworzydło , Timo Hyart , Alexander Lau

This work investigates the electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) through computational calculations, with the aim of understanding the emergence of flat bands and conditions favorable for superconductivity close to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Rajendra Paudel , Nabin Upadhya Dhakal , Nurapati Pantha

Stacked graphene multilayers with a small relative twist angle between each of the layers have been found to host flat bands at a series of magic angles. We consider the effect that Dirac point asymmetry between the layers, and in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 Adam Eaton , Yantao Li , Herbert Fertig , Babak Seradjeh

The interplay between interlayer van der Waals interaction and intralayer lattice distortion can lead to structural reconstruction in slightly twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) with the twist angle being smaller than a characteristic angle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-07 Yi-Wen Liu , Ying Su , Xiao-Feng Zhou , Long-Jing Yin , Chao Yan , Si-Yu Li , Wei Yan , Sheng Han , Zhong-Qiu Fu , Yu Zhang , Qian Yang , Ya-Ning Ren , Lin He

We theoretically study the band structure and optical conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) near the magic angle considering the effects of lattice relaxation. We show that the optical conductivity spectrum is characterized by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Lu Wen , Zhiqiang Li , Yan He

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) features strongly correlated and topological phases due to its flat bands emerging near the magic angle. However, the effects of the non-Hermiticity, arising from the coupling to the environment and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Juan Pablo Esparza , Vladimir Juricic