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At a discrete set of magic angles, twisted bilayer graphene has been shown to host extraordinarily flat bands, correlated insulating states, unconventional superconductivity, and distinct Landau level degeneracies. In this work, we design a…

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A strained graphene monolayer is shown to operate as a highly efficient quantum heat engine delivering maximum power. The efficiency and power of the proposed device exceeds that of recent proposals. The reason for these excellent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-15 Arjun Mani , Colin Benjamin

We theoretically analyze the energy spectrum of a quantum ring in AA-stacked bilayer graphene with radius $R$ for a zero width subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field $B$. An analytical approach, using the Dirac equation, is implemented…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Youness Zahidi , Abdelhadi Belouad , Ahmed Jellal

We introduce a three-stroke quantum isochoric cycle that functions as a heat engine operating between two thermal reservoirs. Implemented for a particle confined in a one-dimensional infinite potential well, the cycle's performance is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Hadi Mohammed Soufy , Colin Benjamin

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) exhibits remarkable electronic properties under external magnetic fields, notably the emergence of flat Landau levels. In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of MATBG's operational…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Hadi Mohammed Soufy , Colin Benjamin

In this article we study the ferromagnetic behavior of ABC-stacked trilayer graphene. This is done using a nearest-neighbor tight-binding model, in the presence of long-range Coulomb interactions. For a given electron-electron interaction g…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-20 Richard Olsen , Ralph van Gelderen , C. Morais Smith

We present the solutions of the energy spectrum of charge carriers confined in quantum ring in ABA-stacked trilayer graphene subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field. The calculations were performed in the context of the continuum model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-22 Abdelhadi Belouad , Youness Zahidi , Ahmed Jellal , Abdelhadi Bahaoui

Small-twist-angle bilayer graphene supports strongly correlated insulating states and superconductivity. Twisted few-layer graphene systems are likely to open up new directions for strong correlation physics in moir\'e superlattices. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-30 Xiao Li , Fengcheng Wu , Allan H. MacDonald

This work investigates the electronic properties of the energy spectrum of a hybrid system composed of (i) a circular quantum dot of monolayer graphene surrounded by an infinite sheet of AA-stacked bilayer graphene and (ii) a circular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Abdelhadi Belouad , Abdellatif Kamal , El Bouâzzaoui Choubabi , Rachid Houça , Mohammed El Bouziani

Graphene, defined as a single atomic plane of graphite, is a semimetal with small overlap between the valence and the conduction bands. The stacking of graphene up to several atomic layers can produce diverse physical properties, depending…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-02-08 Jiliang Zhang , Guangcun Shan

Motivated by the recent experimental detection of superconductivity in Bernal bilayer (AB) and rhombohedral trilayer (ABC) graphene, we study the emergence of superconductivity in multilayer graphene based on a Kohn-Luttinger (KL)-like…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 Ziyan Li , Xueheng Kuang , Alejandro Jimeno-Pozo , Héctor Sainz-Cruz , Zhen Zhan , Shengjun Yuan , Francisco Guinea

We report markedly different transport properties of ABA- and ABC-stacked trilayer graphenes. Our experiments in double-gated trilayer devices provide evidence that a perpendicular electric field opens an energy gap in the ABC trilayer,…

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We study a family of globally smooth spatially varying two dimensional stacking textures in bilayer graphene. We find that the strain-minimizing stacking patterns connecting inequivalent ground states with local $AB$ and $BA$ interlayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-01 Xingting Gong , E. J. Mele

Motivated by the recent discoveries of superconductivity in bilayer and trilayer graphene, we theoretically investigate superconductivity and other interaction-driven phases in multilayer graphene stacks. To this end, we study the density…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-03-06 Areg Ghazaryan , Tobias Holder , Erez Berg , Maksym Serbyn

In a quantum Stirling heat engine, the heat exchanged with two thermal baths is partly utilized for performing work by redistributing the energy levels of the working substance. We analyze the thermodynamics of a quantum Stirling engine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Debmalya Das , George Thomas , Andrew N. Jordan

This article reviews the theoretical and experimental work related to the electronic properties of bilayer graphene systems. Three types of bilayer stackings are discussed: the AA, AB, and twisted bilayer graphene. This review covers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-25 A. V. Rozhkov , A. O. Sboychakov , A. L. Rakhmanov , Franco Nori

A computationally efficient workflow for obtaining the low-energy symmetric tight-binding Hamiltonians for twisted multilayer systems is presented in this work. We apply this scheme to twisted bilayer graphene at the first magic angle. As…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-11-24 Arkadiy Davydov , Kenny Choo , Mark H. Fischer , Titus Neupert

The quantum Hall effects in the sliding bilayer graphene and AAB-stacked trilayer system are investigated by the Kubo formula and the generalized tight-binding model. The various stacking configurations can greatly diversify the magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-22 Thi-Nga Do , Cheng-Peng Chang , Po-Hsin Shih , Ming-Fa Lin

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

In this article we study the static polarization in ABC-stacked multilayer graphene. Since the density of states diverges for these systems if the number of layers exceeds three, screening effects are expected to be important. In the random…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-24 R. van Gelderen , R. Olsen , C. Morais Smith
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