• 文献标题:   Ca intercalated bilayer graphene as a thinnest limit of superconducting C6Ca
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KANETANI K, SUGAWARA K, SATO T, SHIMIZU R, IWAYA K, HITOSUGI T, TAKAHASHI T
  • 作者关键词:   arpes, stm, band structure
  • 出版物名称:   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • ISSN:   0027-8424
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tohoku Univ
  • 被引频次:   57
  • DOI:   10.1073/pnas.1208889109
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Success in isolating a 2D graphene sheet from bulky graphite has triggered intensive studies of its physical properties as well as its application in devices. Graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) have provided a platform of exotic quantum phenomena such as superconductivity, but it is unclear whether such intercalation is feasible in the thinnest 2D limit (i.e., bilayer graphene). Here we report a unique experimental realization of 2D GIC, by fabricating calcium-intercalated bilayer graphene C6CaC6 on silicon carbide. We have investigated the structure and electronic states by scanning tunneling microscopy and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We observed a free-electron-like interlayer band at the Brillouin-zone center, which is thought to be responsible for the superconductivity in 3D GICs, in addition to a large pi* Fermi surface at the zone boundary. The present success in fabricating Ca-intercalated bilayer graphene would open a promising route to search for other 2D superconductors as well as to explore its application in devices.