• 文献标题:   Band-unfolding approach to moire-induced band-gap opening and Fermi level velocity reduction in twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NISHI H, MATSUSHITA YI, OSHIYAMA A
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Tokyo
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.95.085420
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We report on the energy spectrum of electrons in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) obtained by the band-unfolding method in the tight-binding model. We find the band-gap opening at particular points in the reciprocal space, that elucidates the drastic reduction of the Fermi-level velocity with the tiny twisted angles in tBLGs. We find that moire pattern caused by the twist of the two graphene layers generates interactions among Dirac cones, otherwise absent, and the resultant cone-cone interactions peculiar to each point in the reciprocal space causes the energy gap and thus reduces the Fermi-level velocity.