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Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), with rotational misalignment close to 1.1$^\circ$, features isolated flat electronic bands that host a rich phase diagram of correlated insulating, superconducting, ferromagnetic, and topological…

A basis is derived from elastic plate theory that quantifies equilibrium and dynamic deformation and electron diffraction patterns of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG). The basis is derived by solving in-plane and out-of-plane normal modes of…

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The nature of correlated states in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at the magic angle has received intense attention in recent years. We present a numerical study of an interacting Bistritzer-MacDonald (IBM) model of TBG using a suite of…

We present efficient angle-dependent low-energy Hamiltonians to describe the properties of the twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) heterostructure, based on {\it ab initio} calculations of mechanical relxation and electronic structure. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-02 Shiang Fang , Stephen Carr , Ziyan Zhu , Daniel Massatt , Efthimios Kaxiras

We derive analytical expressions for the conductivity of bilayer graphene (BLG) using the Boltzmann approach within the the Born approximation for a model of Gaussian disorders describing both short- and long-range impurity scattering. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-30 Hengyi Xu , T. Heinzel , I. V. Zozoulenko

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) forms a quasicrystal whose structural and electronic properties depend on the angle of rotation between its layers. Here we present a scanning tunneling microscopy study of gate-tunable tBLG devices supported…

We investigate imaging of moire structures in free-standing twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in diffraction and in-line Gabor holography modes. Electron diffraction patterns of TBG…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-30 Tatiana Latychevskaia , Conrad Escher , Hans-Werner Fink

We provide a systematic real space derivation of the continuum Hamiltonian for a graphene bilayer starting from a microscopic lattice theory, allowing for an arbitrary inhomogeneous smooth lattice deformation, including a twist. Two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-24 Oskar Vafek , Jian Kang

By virtue of being atomically thin, the electronic properties of heterostructures built from two-dimensional materials are strongly influenced by atomic relaxation. The atomic layers behave as flexible membranes rather than rigid crystals.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-07 Mohammed M. Al Ezzi , Gayani N. Pallewela , Christophe De Beule , E. J. Mele , Shaffique Adam

We introduce a minimum tight-binding model with only three parameters extracted from graphene and untwisted bilayer graphene. This model reproduces quantitatively the electronic structure of not only these two systems and bulk graphite near…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Xianqing Lin , David Tománek

Magic-angle ($\theta=1.05^\circ$) twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) has shown two seemingly contradictory characters: the localization and quantum-dot-like behavior in STM experiments, and delocalization in transport experiments. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-01-12 Zhi-Da Song , B. Andrei Bernevig

We present a novel approach to achieve spatial variations in the degree of non-covalent functionalization of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG). The tBLG with twist angles varying between ~ 5{\deg} and 7{\deg} was non-covalently functionalized…

Twisted graphene layers produce a moir\'e pattern (MP) structure with a predetermined wavelength for given twist angle. However, predicting the membrane corrugation amplitude for any angle other than pure AB-stacked or AA-stacked graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Neek-Amal , P. Xu , D. Qi , P. M. Thibado , L. O. Nyakiti , V. D. Wheeler , R. L. Myers-Ward , C. R. Eddy , D. K. Gaskill , F. M. Peeters

We calculate the contribution to the doping ($n$) and temperature ($T$) dependence of the electrical resistivity of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) due to scattering by acoustic phonons. Our calculation retains the full Bistritzer-MacDonald…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-12 Seth M. Davis , Fengcheng Wu , Sankar Das Sarma

Twisted bilayer materials have attracted tremendous attention due to their unique and novel properties. Here, we derive a thermodynamic model for twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) within the framework of the classical statistical mechanics,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Weidong Yan , Langquan Shui , Wengen Ouyang , Ze Liu

The emergence of alternating twist multilayer graphene (ATMG) as a generalization of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) raises the question - in what important ways do these systems differ? Here, we utilize ab-initio relaxation and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-24 Patrick J. Ledwith , Eslam Khalaf , Ziyan Zhu , Stephen Carr , Efthimios Kaxiras , Ashvin Vishwanath

We introduce a new method to continuously map inhomogeneities of a moir\'e lattice and apply it to large-area topographic images we measure on open-device twisted bilayer graphene (TBG). We show that the variation in the twist angle of a…

The electronic bands of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) with a large-period moir\'e superlattice fracture to form narrow Bloch minibands that are spectrally isolated by forbidden energy gaps from remote dispersive bands. When these gaps are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Vo Tien Phong , E. J. Mele

An accurate description of the low-energy electronic bands in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) is of great interest due to their relation to correlated electron phases, such as superconductivity and Mott-insulator behavior at half-filling.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-17 Daniel Bennett , Daniel T. Larson , Louis Sharma , Stephen Carr , Efthimios Kaxiras

We study a 2D continuum model of electronic transport in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at commensurate angles. We use two honeycomb potentials with the symmetries of graphene, either sharing a common origin (AA stacking) or shifted by a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Tal Malinovitch