• 文献标题:   Band Structure and Quantum Transport of Bent Bilayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG X, XU L
  • 作者关键词:   bent bilayer graphene, edge interface state, weak quantum spin hall phase
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/ma15238664
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the band structures and transport properties of a zigzag-edged bent bilayer graphene nanoribbon under a uniform perpendicular magnetic field. Due to its unique geometry, the edge and interface states can be controlled by an electric field or local potential, and the conductance exhibits interesting quantized behavior. When Zeeman splitting is considered, the edge states are spin-filtered, and a weak quantum spin Hall (WQSH) phase appears. In the presence of an electric field or local potential, a WQSH-QH junction or WQSH-spin-unbalanced QSH junction can be achieved, respectively, while fully spin-polarized currents appear in the interface region. Zeeman splitting lifts the spin degeneracy, leading to a WQSH around zero energy with a quantized two-terminal conductance of 4e(2)/h, which is robust against weak nonmagnetic disorder. These results provide a way to manipulate the band structures and transport properties of the system using an electric field, local potential, and Zeeman splitting.