• 文献标题:   Alternating twisted multilayer graphene: generic partition rules, double flat bands, and orbital magnetoelectric effect
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIE B, PENG R, ZHANG SH, LIU JP
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  • 出版物名称:   NPJ COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41524-022-00789-5
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Recently the alternating twisted trilayer graphene is discovered to exhibit unconventional superconductivity, which motivates us to study the electronic structures and possible correlation effects for this class of alternating twisted multilayer graphene (ATMG) systems. In this work we consider generic ATMG systems with M-L-N stacking configurations, in which the M (L) graphene layers and the L (N) layers are twisted by an angle theta (-theta). Based on analysis from a simplified k center dot p model approach, we derive generic partition rules for the low-energy electronic structures, which exhibit various band dispersions including two pairs of flat bands and flat bands co-existing with various gapless Fermionic excitations. For a mirror-symmetric ATMG system with doubled flat bands, we further find that Coulomb interactions may drive the system into a state with intertwined electric polarization and orbital magnetization orders, which can exhibit an interaction-driven orbital magnetoelectric effect.