• 文献标题:   Tuning structures and electronic spectra of graphene layers with tilt grain boundaries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YIN LJ, QIAO JB, WANG WX, CHU ZD, ZHANG KF, DOU RF, GAO CL, JIA JF, NIE JC, HE L
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   26
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.89.205410
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Despite the fact that structures and properties of tilt grain boundaries of graphite surface and graphene have been extensively studied, their effect on the structures and electronic spectra of graphene layers has not been fully addressed. Here we study effects of one-dimensional tilt grain boundaries on structures and electronic spectra of graphene multilayers by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. A tilt grain boundary of a top graphene sheet in graphene multilayers leads to a twist between consecutive layers and generates superstructures (Moire patterns) on one side of the boundary. Our results demonstrate that the twisting changes the electronic spectra of Bernal graphene bilayer and graphene trilayers dramatically. We also study quantum-confined twisted graphene bilayer generated between two adjacent tilt grain boundaries and find that the band structure of such a system is still valid even when the number of superstructures is reduced to two in one direction. It implies that the electronic structure of this system is driven by the physics of a single Moire spot.