• 文献标题:   Superlattice Dirac points and space-dependent Fermi velocity in a corrugated graphene monolayer
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YAN H, CHU ZD, YAN W, LIU MX, MENG L, YANG MD, FAN YD, WANG J, DOU RF, ZHANG YF, LIU ZF, NIE JC, HE L
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   45
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075405
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Recent studies show that periodic potentials can generate superlattice Dirac points at energies +/-(h) over bar nu(F)vertical bar G vertical bar/2 in graphene (where (h) over bar is the reduced Planck constant, nu(F) is the Fermi velocity of graphene, and G is the reciprocal superlattice vector). Here, we perform scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies of a corrugated graphene monolayer on Rh foil. We show that the quasiperiodic ripples of nanometer wavelength in the corrugated graphene give rise to weak one-dimensional electronic potentials and thereby lead to the emergence of the superlattice Dirac points. The position of the superlattice Dirac point is space dependent and shows a wide distribution of values. We demonstrate that the space-dependent superlattice Dirac points are closely related to the space-dependent Fermi velocity, which may arise from the effect of the local strain and the strong electron-electron interaction in the corrugated graphene. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075405