• 文献标题:   Coexistence of reconstructed and unreconstructed structures in the structural transition regime of twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU XF, LIU YW, HAO CY, YAN C, ZHENG Q, REN YN, ZHAO YX, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, HE L
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.107.125410
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), a twist-angle-dependent competition between interlayer stacking energy and intralayer elastic energy results in flat rigid layers at large twist angles and lattice reconstruction at small twist angles. Despite enormous scientific interest and effort in the TBG, however, an experimental study of evolution from the rigid lattice to the reconstructed lattice as a function of twist angle is still missing. Here we present a scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy study to reveal the twist-angle-dependent lattice reconstruction in the TBG. Our experiment demonstrates that there is a transition regime between the rigid regime and the relaxed regime, and the reconstructed and unreconstructed structures can coexist in the transition regime. The coexistence of the two distinct structures in this regime may arise from subtle balance between the interlayer stacking energy and intralayer elastic energy in the TBG with intermediate moire sizes. Our results provide an explanation for inconsistent phase diagrams and tunneling spectra reported in TBG around the magic angle.