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When two graphene sheets are twisted relative to each other by a small angle, enhanced correlations lead to superconductivity whose origin remains under debate. Here, we derive some general constraints on superconductivity in twisted…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-07-25 Eslam Khalaf , Patrick Ledwith , Ashvin Vishwanath

We demonstrate by experiments and numerical simulations that the low-temperature current-voltage characteristics in diffusive bilayer graphene (BLG) exhibit a strong superlinearity at finite bias voltages. The superlinearity is weakly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-24 J. K. Viljas , A. Fay , M. Wiesner , P. J. Hakonen

When bilayer graphene is rotationally faulted to an angle $\theta\approx 1.1^\circ$, theory predicts the formation of a flat electronic band and correlated insulating, superconducting, and ferromagnetic states have all been observed at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-15 Yu Saito , Jingyuan Ge , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Andrea F. Young

The discovery of magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (tTLG) adds a new twist to the family of graphene moir\'e. The additional graphene layer unlocks a series of intriguing properties in the superconducting phase, such as the violation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-05 Xiaoxue Liu , Naiyuan James Zhang , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , J. I. A. Li

Achieving electrostatic control of quantum phases is at the frontier of condensed matter research. Recent investigations have revealed superconductivity tunable by electrostatic doping in twisted graphene heterostructures and in…

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures consisting of Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are investigated. By performing first-principles calculations we capture the essential BLG band structure features for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-27 Klaus Zollner , Eike Icking , Jaroslav Fabian

Several research groups have reported on the observation of superconductivity in bilayer graphene structures where single atomic layers of graphene are stacked and then twisted at angles $\theta$ forming Moir\'e superlattices. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-15 Evgueni F. Talantsev , Ratu C. Mataira , Wayne P. Crump

Superconductivity (SC) in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has been explored by varying carrier concentrations, twist angles, and screening strength, with the aim of uncovering its origin and possible connections to strong electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-13 Ranit Dutta , Ayan Ghosh , Shinjan Mandal , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , H. R. Krishnamurthy , Sumilan Banerjee , Manish Jain , Anindya Das

Coherent spin transport through bilayer graphene (BLG) nanoflakes sandwiched between two electrodes made of single-layer zigzag graphene nanoribbon was investigated by means of Landauer-Buttiker formalism. Application of a magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 R. Farghadan , M. Farekiyan

Understanding the origin of superconductivity in correlated two-dimensional materials is a key step in leveraging material engineering techniques for next-generation nanoscale devices. The recent demonstration of superconductivity in Bernal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-26 Emil Viñas Boström , Ammon Fischer , Jonas B. Profe , Jin Zhang , Dante M. Kennes , Angel Rubio

The ability to control the strength of interaction is essential for studying quantum phenomena emerging from a system of correlated fermions. For example, the isotope effect illustrates the effect of electron-phonon coupling on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Xiaoxue Liu , Zhi Wang , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , Oskar Vafek , J. I. A. Li

The understanding of strongly-correlated materials, and in particular unconventional superconductors, has puzzled physicists for decades. Such difficulties have stimulated new research paradigms, such as ultra-cold atom lattices for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-22 Yuan Cao , Valla Fatemi , Shiang Fang , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Efthimios Kaxiras , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

Recent experiments show how a bilayer graphene twisted around a certain magic angle becomes superconducting as it is doped into a region with approximate flat bands. We investigate the mean-field $s$-wave superconducting state in such a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-12-19 T. J. Peltonen , R. Ojajärvi , T. T. Heikkilä

Recent research on twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) uncovered that its twist-angle-dependent electronic structure leads to a host of unique properties, such as superconductivity, correlated insulating states, and magnetism. The flat bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-29 Adithya Kommini , Zlatan Aksamija

Rhombohedral graphene multilayers host various broken-symmetry metallic phases as well as superconductors whose pairing mechanism and order parameter symmetry remain unsettled. Strikingly, experiments have revealed prominent new…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-08 Zhiyu Dong , Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise , Jason Alicea

We explore Bernal bilayer graphene in the presence of long-range Coulomb interactions, short-range Hund's coupling, and proximity-induced Ising spin-orbit coupling using self-consistent Hartree-Fock simulations. We show that the interplay…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Jin Ming Koh , Alex Thomson , Jason Alicea , Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise

Recent experiments [arXiv: 1808.07865] on twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) show that under hydrostatic pressure, an insulating state at quarter-filling of the moir\'e superlattice (i.e., one charge per supercell) emerges, in sharp contrast…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-29 Bikash Padhi , Philip Phillips

The absence of an energy gap separating valence and conduction bands makes the low-energy electronic properties of graphene and its multi-layers sensitive to electron-electron interactions. In bilayers, for instance, interactions are…

In conventional superconductors, superconductivity is generally suppressed by external magnetic fields due to spin-singlet pairing. Here, we report signatures of in-plane-magnetic-field-induced superconductivity in hexalayer rhombohedral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Jinghao Deng , Jiabin Xie , Hongyuan Li , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Jie Shan , Kin Fai Mak , Xiaomeng Liu

In Bernal bilayer graphene (BBG), a perpendicular displacement field flattens the bottom of the conduction band and thereby facilitates the formation of strongly-correlated electron states at low electron density. Here, we focus on the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-13 Sandeep Joy , Brian Skinner