• 文献标题:   Electron Interactions and Gap Opening in Graphene Superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SONG JCW, SHYTOV AV, LEVITOV LS
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   MIT
  • 被引频次:   83
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.266801
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We develop a theory of interaction effects in graphene superlattices, where tunable superlattice periodicity can be used as a knob to control the gap at the Dirac point. Applied to graphene on hexaboron-nitride (G/h-BN), our theory predicts substantial many-body enhancement of this gap. Tunable by the moire superlattice periodicity, a few orders of magnitude enhancement is reachable under optimal conditions. The Dirac point gap enhancement can be much larger than that of the minigaps opened by Bragg scattering at principal superlattice harmonics. This naturally explains the conundrum of large Dirac point gaps recently observed in G/h-BN heterostructures and their tunability by the G/h-BN twist angle.