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We report a systematic study of the optical conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) across a large energy range (1.2 eV to 5.6 eV) for various twist angles, combined with first-principles calculations. At previously unexplored high…

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Controlling the electronic structure of two-dimensional materials using the combination of twist angle and electrostatic doping is an effective means to induce emergent phenomena. In bilayer graphene with an interlayer twist angle near the…

By comparing with recently available experimental data from several groups, we critically discuss the manifestation of continuum many body interaction effects in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) with small twist angles and low carrier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-02 Sankar Das Sarma , Fengcheng Wu

Motivated by recent experiments probing the wavefunctions of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), we perform large-scale first-principles calculations of tBLG with full atomic relaxation across a wide range of twist angles down to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Albert Zhu , Daniel Bennett , Daniel T. Larson , Mohammed M. Al Ezzi , Efstratios Manousakis , Efthimios Kaxiras

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

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has emerged as an exciting platform for novel condensed matter physics. However, electron-phonon ($e$-ph) interactions in tBLG and their effects on electronic transport are not completely understood. Here we…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-01 Shiyuan Gao , Jin-Jian Zhou , Yao Luo , Marco Bernardi

We analyze the effects of the long-range Coulomb interaction on the distribution of Berry curvature among the bands near charge neutrality of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) closely aligned with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-04 Pierre A. Pantaleón , Vo Tien Phong , Gerardo G. Naumis , Francisco Guinea

Stacking order has strong influence on the coupling between the two layers of twisted bilayer graphene (BLG), which in turn determines its physical properties. Here, we report the investigation of the interlayer coupling of the epitaxially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 Bing Deng , Binbin Wang , Ning Li , Rongtan Li , Yani Wang , Jilin Tang , Qiang Fu , Zhen Tian , Peng Gao , Jiamin Xue , Hailin Peng

We study the effect of an in-plane magnetic field on the non-interacting dispersion of twisted bilayer graphene. Our analysis is rooted in the chirally symmetric continuum model, whose zero-field band structure hosts exactly flat bands and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-20 Yves H. Kwan , S. A. Parameswaran , S. L. Sondhi

The interlayer van der Waals interaction in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) induces both in-plane and out-of-plane atomic displacements showing complex patterns that depend on the twist angle. In particular, for small twist angles, within…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Kunihiro Yananose , Giovanni Cantele , Procolo Lucignano , Sang-Wook Cheong , Jaejun Yu , Alessandro Stroppa

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…

A detailed understanding of interacting electrons in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) near the magic angle is required to gain insights into the physical origin of the observed broken symmetry phases. Here, we present extensive atomistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 Zachary A. H. Goodwin , Valerio Vitale , Xia Liang , Arash A. Mostofi , Johannes Lischner

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

Selection rules and interference effects in angle resolved photoemission spectra from twisted graphene bilayers are studied within a long wavelength theory for the electronic structure. Using a generic model for the interlayer coupling, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Anshuman Pal , E. J. Mele

The discovery of different phases as a result of correlations, especially in low-dimensional materials, has been always an exciting and fundamental subject of research. Recent experiments on twisted bilayer graphene have revealed reentrant…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-11-30 Yury Sherkunov , Joseph J. Betouras

New phases of matter can be stabilized by a combination of diverging electronic density of states, strong interactions, and spin-orbit coupling. Recent experiments in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) have uncovered a wealth of…

The recently demonstrated unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) opens the possibility for interesting applications of two-dimensional layers that involve correlated electron states. Here we explore the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-30 Stephen Carr , Shiang Fang , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero , Efthimios Kaxiras

We present a comprehensive study on enhancing the thermoelectric (TE) performance of bilayer graphene (BLG) through irradiation with arbitrarily polarized light, focusing on $AA$- and $AB$-stacked configurations with zigzag edges. Utilizing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-25 Cynthia Ihuoma Osuala , Tanu Choudhary , Raju K. Biswas , Sudin Ganguly , Santanu K. Maiti

Moir\'e superlattice created by twist stacking has multiple physical properties. These physical properties depend on the twist angle, hence investigation of the twist angle dependency is important for the deep understanding of physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-14 Masaki Kashiwagi , Toshihiro Taen , Kazuhito Uchida , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Toshihito Osada

The recent constructions of flat moir\'e minibands in specifically twisted multilayer graphene and twisted transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have facilitated the observation of strong correlations with a convenient tunability. These…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-05 Jihang Zhu , Dawei Zhai , Cong Xiao , Wang Yao