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We show how the pairing symmetry of superconducting states in twisted bilayer graphene can be experimentally identified by theoretically studying effects of externally applied in-plane magnetic field and strain. In the low field regime,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-03 Fengcheng Wu , Sankar Das Sarma

We review all symmetry-allowed spin-singlet and spin-triplet superconducting (SC) order parameters in graphene ($s$-wave, $d$-wave, $p$-wave, and $f$-wave) generated by generic onsite, nearest-neighbor (NN), and next-to-nearest-neighbor…

Trilayer graphene with a twisted middle layer has recently emerged as a new platform exhibiting correlated phases and superconductivity near its magic angle. A detailed characterization of its electronic structure in the parameter space of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Jiseon Shin , Bheema Lingam Chittari , Jeil Jung

We theoretically calculate the interaction-induced frictional Coulomb drag resistivity between two graphene monolayers as well as between two graphene bilayers, which are spatially separated by a distance "$d$". We show that the drag…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-23 E. H. Hwang , Rajdeep Sensarma , S. Das Sarma

A strong low-temperature enhancement of the tunneling conductance between graphene bilayers has been reported recently, and interpreted as a signature of equilibrium electron-hole pairing, first predicted in bilayers more than forty years…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Dmitry K. Efimkin , G. William Burg , Emanuel Tutuc , Allan H. MacDonald

In van der Waals bonded or rotationally disordered multilayer stacks of two-dimensional (2D) materials, the electronic states remain tightly confined within individual 2D layers. As a result, electron-phonon interactions occur primarily…

Twisted multilayer moir\'e materials are generically quasiperiodic on the moir\'e scale due to the interference of different misaligned moir\'e periodicities. Spatial inhomogeneities such as these can be detrimental to superconductivity;…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Xinghai Zhang , Ziyan Zhu , Justin H. Wilson , Matthew S. Foster

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has recently emerged as a platform for hosting correlated phenomena, owing to the exceptionally flat band dispersion that results near interlayer twist angle $\theta\approx1.1^\circ$. At low temperature a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-03 H. Polshyn , M. Yankowitz , S. Chen , Y. Zhang , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , C. R. Dean , A. F. Young

Twisted bilayer graphene provides a new two-dimensional platform for studying electron interaction phenomena and flat band properties such as correlated insulator transition, superconductivity and ferromagnetism at certain magic angles.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 Liheng An , Xiangbin Cai , Meizhen Huang , Zefei Wu , Jiangxiazi Lin , Zhehan Ying , Ziqing Ye , Xuemeng Feng , Ning Wang

ABC-stacked trilayer graphene has exhibited a variety of correlated phenomena owing to its relatively flat bands and gate-tunable bandgap. However, convenient methods are still lacking for identifying ABC graphene with nanometer-scale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-14 Peiyue Shen , Xianliang Zhou , Jiajun Chen , Aolin Deng , Bosai Lyu , Zhichun Zhang , Shuo Lou , Saiqun Ma , Binbin Wei , Zhiwen Shi

The discovery of superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene has triggered a resurgence of interest in flat-band superconductivity. Here, we investigate the square-octagon lattice, which also exhibits two perfectly flat bands when…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-08 Lizardo H. C. M. Nunes , Cristiane Morais Smith

The electronic tunneling properties of the two stable forms of trilayer graphene (TLG), rhombohedral ABC and Bernal ABA, are examined for pn and pnp junctions as realized by using a single gate (SG) or a double gate (DG). For the…

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

Magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (MATTG) has emerged as a novel moir\'e material that exhibits both strong electronic correlations and unconventional superconductivity. However, spectroscopic studies of its electronic properties are…

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

ABCB-stacked tetralayer graphene, with intrinsic spontaneous polarization, offers a unique platform to explore electron correlation effects, whose interplay with spin-orbit coupling may engender topological phases. Here, employing a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Yulu Ren , Yang Shen , Chengyang Xu , Wanfei Shan , Weidong Luo

In the last 43 years several hints were reported suggesting the existence of granular superconductivity above room temperature in different graphite-based systems. In this paper some of the results are reviewed, giving special attention to…

Motivated by the recent observations of superconductivity in twisted bilayer WSe$_2$ (tWSe$_2$), we theoretically investigate the superconductivity driven by electronic mechanism. We first demonstrate that the multi-band screened Coulomb…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-17 Wei Qin , Wen-Xuan Qiu , Fengcheng Wu

Vertical heterostructures combining different layered materials offer novel opportunities for applications and fundamental studies of collective behavior driven by inter-layer Coulomb coupling. Here we report heterostructures comprising a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-09 A. Gamucci , D. Spirito , M. Carrega , B. Karmakar , A. Lombardo , M. Bruna , A. C. Ferrari , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , Marco Polini , V. Pellegrini

The recent discovery of correlated insulator states and superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has paved the way to the experimental investigation of electronic correlations in tunable flat band systems realized in…

Recent transport experiments have demonstrated that the rhombohedral stacking trilayer graphene is an insulator with an intrinsic gap of 6meV and the Bernal stacking trilayer one is a metal. We propose a Hubbard model with a moderate $U$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Dong-Hui Xu , Jie Yuan , Zi-Jian Yao , Yi Zhou , Jin-Hua Gao , Fu-Chun Zhang