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Boltzmann transport theory fails near the linear band-crossing of single-layer graphene and near the quadratic band-crossing of bilayer graphene. We report on a numerical study which assesses the role of inter-band coherence in transport…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-10-11 Maxim Trushin , Janik Kailasvuori , John Schliemann , A. H. MacDonald

The combination of field tunable bandgap, topological edge states, and valleys in the band structure, makes insulating bilayer graphene a unique localized system, where the scaling laws of dimensionless conductance g remain largely…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-21 Md. Ali Aamir , Paritosh Karnatak , Aditya Jayaraman , T. Phanindra Sai , T. V. Ramakrishnan , Rajdeep Sensarma , Arindam Ghosh

We study conductance across a twisted bilayer graphene coupled to single-layer graphene leads in two setups: a flake of graphene on top of an infinite graphene ribbon and two overlapping semi-infinite graphene ribbons. We find conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-30 Hadi Z. Olyaei , Bruno Amorim , Pedro Ribeiro , Eduardo V. Castro

A transformation of the band structure in bilayer graphene (BLG) with relatively shifted layers has been studied in the framework of the tight-binding model. BLG is demonstrated to remain a zero-gap material in the whole range of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-07 V. G. Litovchenko , A. I. Kurchak , M. V. Strikha

There is a tunable band gap in ABC-stacked few-layer graphene (FLG) via applying a vertical electric field, but the operation of FLG-based field effect transistor (FET) requires two gates to create a band gap and tune channel's conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-23 Ruge Quhe , Jianhua Ma , Zesheng Zeng , Kechao Tang , Jiaxin Zheng , Yangyang Wang , Zeyuan Ni , Lu Wang , Zhengxiang Gao , Junjie Shi , Jing Lu

While the exponential decay of tunneling probability with barrier thickness is well known, the accompanying oscillations with thickness have been comparatively less explored. Using a tight binding model, we investigate an AB-stacked bilayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 Ryo Tamura

Bilayer graphene has drawn significant attention due to the opening of a band gap in its low energy electronic spectrum, which offers a promising route to electronic applications. The gap can be either tunable through an external electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Gregory M. Rutter , Suyong Jung , Nikolai N. Klimov , David B. Newell , Nikolai B. Zhitenev , Joseph A. Stroscio

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

Ongoing experimental progress in the preparation of ultra-clean graphene/superconductor (SC) interfaces enabled the recent observation of specular interband Andreev reflections (AR) at bilayer graphene (BLG)/NbSe$_{2}$ van der Waals…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 Dmitri K. Efetov , Konstantin B. Efetov

The static dielectric function in AA-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG), subjected to an electric field applied perpendicular to layers, is calculated analytically within the random phase approximation (RPA). This result is used to calculate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Yawar Mohammadi

High mobility single and few-layer graphene sheets are in many ways attractive as nanoelectronic circuit hosts but lack energy gaps, which are essential to the operation of field-effect transistors. One of the methods used to create gaps in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Hakseong Kim , Nicolas Leconte , Bheema L. Chittari , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Allan H. MacDonald , Jeil Jung , Suyong Jung

We calculate the dynamical conductivity of AA-stacked bilayer graphene as a function of frequency and in the presence of a finite chemical potential due to charging. Unlike the monolayer, we find a Drude absorption at charge neutrality in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-01 Calvin J. Tabert , Elisabeth J. Nicol

We analyze the many-body properties of bilayer graphene (BLG) at charge neutrality, governed by long range interactions between electrons. Perturbation theory in a large number of flavors is used in which the interactions are described…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-21 Rahul Nandkishore , Leonid Levitov

By studying the impact of a perpendicular magnetic field $B$ on AB-bilayer graphene (AB-BLG) under dual gating, we yield several key findings for the ballistic transport of gate $U_\infty$. Firstly, we discover that the presence of $B$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-29 Mouhamadou Hassane Saley , Abderrahim El Mouhafid , Ahmed Jellal

Bilayer graphene (BLG) with a tunable bandgap appears interesting as an alternative to graphene for practical applications, thus its transport properties are being actively pursued. Using density functional theory and perturbation analysis,…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-11 Changwon Park , Junga Ryou , Suklyun Hong , Bobby Sumpter , Gunn Kim , Mina Yoon

We formulate a low energy effective Hamiltonian to study superlattices in bilayer graphene (BLG) using a minimal model which supports quadratic band touching points. We show that a one dimensional (1D) periodic modulation of the chemical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-23 Matthew Killi , Si Wu , Arun Paramekanti

We show that in gapped bilayer graphene, quasiparticle tunneling and the corresponding Berry phase can be controlled such that it exhibits features of single layer graphene such as Klein tunneling. The Berry phase is detected by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Renjun Du , Ming-Hao Liu , Jens Mohrmann , Fan Wu , Ralph Krupke , Hilbert v. Löhneysen , Klaus Richter , Romain Danneau

We investigate electron tunneling in AB bilayer graphene through a triple electrostatic barrier of heights $U_i (i=2,3,4)$ subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field. By way of the transfer matrix method and using the continuity conditions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Mouhamadou Hassane Saley , Ahmed Jellal

The conductance, the transmission and the reflection probabilities through rectangular potential barriers and pn-junctions are obtained for bilayer graphene taking into account the four bands of the energy spectrum. We have evaluated the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-28 B. Van Duppen , F. M. Peeters

The in-plane DC conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) is calculated using an expansion of the real-space Kubo-Bastin conductivity in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. We investigate within a tight-binding (TB) approach the transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 M. Anđelković , L. Covaci , F. M. Peeters