• 文献标题:   Chiral Decomposition of Twisted Graphene Multilayers with Arbitrary Stacking
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG SN, XIE B, WU QS, LIU JP, YAZYEV OV
  • 作者关键词:   twisted multilayer graphene, moire superlattice, flat band, dirac fermion, chirality, chern number
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00275 EA MAR 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

We formulate the chiral decomposition rules that govern the electronic structure of a broad family of twisted N + M multilayer graphene configurations that combine arbitrary stacking order and a mutual twist. We show that at the magic angle in the chiral limit the low-energy bands of such systems are composed of chiral pseudospin doublets that are energetically entangled with two flat bands per valley induced by the moire superlattice potential. The analytic construction is supported by explicit numerical calculations based on realistic parametrization. We further show that vertical displacement fields can open energy gaps between the pseudospin doublets and the two flat bands, such that the flat bands may carry nonzero valley Chern numbers. These results provide guidelines for the rational design of topological and correlated states in generic twisted graphene multilayers.