• 文献标题:   Twisted graphene bilayer around the first magic angle engineered by heterostrain
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   QIAO JB, YIN LJ, HE L
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.98.235402
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Very recently, twisted graphene bilayers (TGBs) around the first magic angle theta approximate to 1.1 degrees have attracted much attention for the realization of exotic quantum states, such as correlated insulator behavior and unconventional superconductivity. Here we elaborately study a series of TGBs around the first magic angle engineered by heterostrain, where each layer is strained independently. Our experiment indicates that a moderate heterostrain enables the structural evolution from the small-angle TGB (theta similar to 1.5 degrees) to the strained magic-angle TGB (theta similar to 1.1 degrees), exhibiting the characteristic low-energy flat bands. The heterostrain can even drive the system into highly strained tiny-angle TGBs (theta << 1.1 degrees) with large deformed tetragonal superlattices, where a unique network of topological helical edge states emerges. Furthermore, the predicted domain wall modes, which are strongly localized and result in a hexagon-triangle-mixed frustrated lattice derived from the Kagome lattice, are observed in the strained tiny-angle TGBs.