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Moir\'e superlattices have become an emergent solid-state platform for simulating quantum lattice models. However, in single moir\'e device, Hamiltonians parameters like lattice constant, hopping and interaction terms can hardly be…

We theoretically analyse the possibility to electrostatically confine electrons in circular quantum dot arrays, impressed on contacted graphene nanoribbons by top gates. Utilising exact numerical techniques, we compute the scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-21 Holger Fehske , Georg Hager , Andreas Pieper

This thesis studies how the rudimentary attributes of graphene's charge carriers, and local moments on its surface, can be directly manipulated and controlled with electrostatic potentials. We first consider bilayer graphene subject to a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-09-25 Matthew Killi

Graphene-based superlattice (SL) formed by a periodic gap modulation is studied theoretically using a Dirac-type Hamiltonian. Analyzing the dispersion relation we have found that new Dirac points arise in the electronic spectrum under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 G. M. Maksimova , E. S. Azarova , A. V. Telezhnikov , V. A. Burdov

Strain engineering of graphene takes advantage of one of the most dramatic responses of Dirac electrons enabling their manipulation via strain-induced pseudo-magnetic fields. Numerous theoretically proposed devices, such as resonant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 R. Banerjee , V. -H. Nguyen , T. Granzier-Nakajima , L. Pabbi , A. Lherbier , A. R. Binion , J. -C. Charlier , M. Terrones , E. W. Hudson

Topology and electron interactions are two central themes in modern condensed matter physics. Here we propose graphene based systems where both the band topology and interaction effects can be simply controlled with electric fields. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-02-20 Ya-Hui Zhang , Dan Mao , Yuan Cao , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero , T. Senthil

We review the energy spectrum and transport properties of several types of one- dimensional superlattices (SLs) on single-layer and bilayer graphene. In single-layer graphene, for certain SL parameters an electron beam incident on a SL is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 M. Barbier , P. Vasilopoulos , F. M. Peeters

Gapless bilayer graphene (GBG), like monolayer graphene, is a material system with unique properties, such as anti-Klein tunneling and intrinsic Fano resonances. These properties rely on the gapless parabolic dispersion relation and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 J. A. Briones-Torres , R. Pernas-Salomón , R. Pérez-Álvarez , I. Rodríguez-Vargas

A periodic spatial modulation, as created by a moir\'e pattern, has been extensively studied with the view to engineer and tune the properties of graphene. Graphene encapsulated by hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) when slightly misaligned with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 M. Anđelković , S. P. Milovanović , L. Covaci , F. M. Peeters

Prompted by recent reports on $\sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}$ graphene superlattices with intrinsic inter-valley interactions, we perform first-principles calculations to investigate the electronic properties of periodically nitrogen-doped…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-05 Fuming Xu , Zhizhou Yu , Zhirui Gong , Hao Jin

Hexagonal boron-nitride (h-BN) provides an ideal substrate for supporting graphene devices to achieve fascinating transport properties, such as Klein tunneling, electron optics and other novel quantum transport phenomena. However,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Viet-Anh Tran , Viet-Hung Nguyen , Jean-Christophe Charlier

Moir\'e superlattices constitute a versatile platform to investigate emergent phenomena arising from the interplay of strong correlations and topology, while offering flexible in situ tunability. However, the fabrication of such moir\'e…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Shuwen Sun , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

We develop a theory of interaction effects in graphene superlattices, where tunable superlattice periodicity can be used as a knob to control the gap at the Dirac point. Applied to graphene on hexa-boron-nitride (G/h-BN), our theory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-31 Justin C. W. Song , Andrey V. Shytov , Leonid S. Levitov

The honeycomb lattice of graphene is a unique two-dimensional (2D) system where the quantum mechanics of electrons is equivalent to that of relativistic Dirac fermions. Novel nanometer-scale behavior in this material, including electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-29 Yuanbo Zhang , Victor W. Brar , Feng Wang , Caglar Girit , Yossi Yayon , Melissa Panlasigui , Alex Zettl , Michael F. Crommie

Strong band engineering in two-dimensional (2D) materials can be achieved by introducing moir\'e superlattices, leading to the emergence of various novel quantum phases with promising potential for future applications. Presented works to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-27 Shimin Cao , Mantang Chen , Jiang Zeng , Ning Ma , Runjie Zheng , Ya Feng , Shili Yan , Jing Liu , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , X. C. Xie , Jian-Hao Chen

This article aims at providing a self-contained introduction to theoretical modeling of gate-induced carrier density in graphene sheets. For this, relevant theories are introduced, namely, classical capacitance model (CCM), self-consistent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-18 Ming-Hao Liu

Superlattice in graphene generates extra Dirac points in the band structure and their number depends on the superlattice potential strength. Here, we have created a lateral superlattice in a graphene device with a tunable barrier height…

Moir\'e superlattices in graphene supported on various substrates have opened a new avenue to engineer graphene's electronic properties. Yet, the exact crystallographic structure on which their band structure depends remains highly debated.…

We review recent work on superlattices in monolayer and bilayer graphene. We highlight the role of the quasiparticle chirality in generating new Dirac fermion modes with tunable anisotropic velocities in one dimensional (1D) superlattices…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Matthew Killi , Si Wu , Arun Paramekanti

The electronic transport properties of two junctions (BGB, GBG) made of borophene (B) and graphene (G) are investigated. Using the transfer matrix method with Chebyshev polynomials, we have studied single and multiple barriers in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-18 Nadia Benlakhouy , Abderrahim El Mouhafid , Ahmed Jellal