• 文献标题:   Folding Graphene into a Chern Insulator with Light Irradiation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO G, MU HM, LIU F, WANG ZF
  • 作者关键词:   foldtronic, graphene, nanotube, chiral interface state, chern insulator
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01758
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Recently, the precise folding of flexible graphene is reported experimentally [Science, 2019, 365, 1036-1040], demonstrating an efficient approach to manipulate its electronic and optoelectronic properties. Here, we propose a light-induced high-Chern-number Chern insulator (CI) in the folded graphene. Along both armchair and zigzag folding directions, we demonstrate that there are two-handedness-dependent chiral interface states localized at the curved region. Physically, they can be attributed to the light-induced mass-term inversion across the folded graphene. Most remarkably, by rationally designing the folding processes, 2D and 3D CIs are also realizable in a single-wall carbon nanotube and periodic folded graphene, respectively, illustrating a high tunability of the folding degree of freedom. We envision that this intriguing form of "foldtronics" will provide a new platform for investigating the topological state in 2D materials to draw immediate experimental attention.