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We present a theoretical study of the local optical conductivity, plasmon spectra, and thermoelectric properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at different filling factors and twist angles $\theta$. Our calculations are based on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Pietro Novelli , Iacopo Torre , Frank H. L. Koppens , Fabio Taddei , Marco Polini

In a groundbreaking experimental advance it was recently shown that by stacking two sheets of graphene atop of each other at a twist angle close to one of the so called "magic angles", an effective two-dimensional correlated system emerges.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Lede Xian , Dante M. Kennes , Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean , Massimo Altarelli , Angel Rubio

In recent years, Chebyshev polynomial expansions of tight-binding Green's functions have been successfully applied to the study of a wide range of spectral and transport properties of materials. However, the application of the Chebyshev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-03 Santiago Giménez de Castro , Aires Ferreira , D. A. Bahamon

The study of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) is a hot topic in condensed matter physics with special focus on {\em magic angles} of twisting at which TBG acquires unusual properties. Mathematically, topologically non-trivial flat bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-03 Maciej Zworski , Mengxuan Yang , Zhongkai Tao

The electric structure of twisted bilayer GeSe, which shows a rectangular moir\'{e} pattern, is analyzed using a $\bm{k}\cdot\bm{p}$ type effective continuum model. The effective model is constructed on the basis of the the local…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-29 Manato Fujimoto , Toshikaze Kariyado

We present an infinite density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) study of an interacting continuum model of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) near the magic angle. Because of the long-range Coulomb interaction and the large number of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-11-18 Tomohiro Soejima , Daniel E. Parker , Nick Bultinck , Johannes Hauschild , Michael P. Zaletel

We develop a theory for a qualitatively new type of disorder in condensed matter systems arising from local twist-angle fluctuations in two strongly coupled van der Waals monolayers twisted with respect to each other to create a flat band…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-06-30 Justin H. Wilson , Yixing Fu , S. Das Sarma , J. H. Pixley

Angle disorder is an intrinsic feature of twisted bilayer graphene and other moir\'e materials. Here, we discuss electron transport in twisted bilayer graphene in the presence of angle disorder. We compute the local density of states and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-08 Héctor Sainz-Cruz , Tommaso Cea , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Francisco Guinea

We introduce a complete physical model for the single-particle electronic structure of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), which incorporates the crucial role of lattice relaxation. Our model, based on $k \cdot p$ perturbation theory, combines…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stephen Carr , Shiang Fang , Ziyan Zhu , Efthimios Kaxiras

We report an experimental study of carrier density (n), displacement field (D) and twist angle ({\theta}) dependence of temperature (T)-linear resistivity in twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG). For a large twist angle…

According to electronic structure theory, bilayer graphene is expected to have anomalous electronic properties when it has long-period moir\'e patterns produced by small misalignments between its individual layer honeycomb lattices. We have…

Controlling ion transport is a fundamental challenge for advanced energy storage. Bilayer graphene offers a unique platform for modulating ion diffusion via twist-angle-dependent moire superlattices, yet conventional stacking configurations…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-31 Gen Fukuzawa , Yebin Lee , Teruyasu Mizoguchi

Quasi-periodic moir\'{e} patterns and their effect on electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) have been intensely studied. At small twist angle $\theta$, due to atomic reconstruction, the moir\'e superlattice morphs into a…

Minimally twisted bilayer graphene in the presence of an interlayer bias develops a triangular network of valley chiral modes that propagate along the $AB/BA$ interfaces and scatter at the $AA$ regions. The low energy physics of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-07 P. Wittig , F. Dominguez , C. De Beule , P. Recher

We demonstrate that there exists a continuum Hamiltonian $H(\bf{r},\bf{p})$ that is formally the operator equivalent of the general tight-binding method, inheriting the associativity and Hermiticity of the latter operator. This provides a…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-16 F. Rost , R. Gupta , M. Fleischmann , D. Weckbecker , N. Ray , J. Olivares , M. Vogl , S. Sharma , O. Pankratov , S. Shallcross

A density-matrix formalism within the length gauge is developed to calculate the nonlinear response of both doped and undoped biased bilayer graphene (BBLG) at terahertz frequencies. Employing a tight-binding model, we derive an effective…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-09 Riley McGouran , Marc M. Dignam

Continuum atomic relaxation models for twisted bilayer graphene involve minimization of the sum of intralayer elastic energy and interlayer adhesion energy. The elastic energy favors a rigid twist i.e. no distortion in the twisted honeycomb…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-10 Jian Kang , Oskar Vafek

We present electronic structure calculations of twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG): A tetralayer graphene structure composed of two AB-stacked graphene bilayers with a relative rotation angle between them. Using first-principles…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-05 F. J. Culchac , Rodrigo B. Capaz , Leonor Chico , E. Suarez Morell

We present a theoretical investigation of the emergence of chiral topological superconductivity in small-angle twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) and twisted double bilayer graphene (tDBLG). Using the low-energy continuum model and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Kamalesh Bera , Tanay Nag , Arijit Saha

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