• 文献标题:   Graphene bilayer with a twist: Electronic structure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DOS SANTOS JMBL, PERES NMR, CASTRO AH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Porto
  • 被引频次:   554
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.256802
  • 出版年:   2007

▎ 摘  要

We consider a graphene bilayer with a relative small angle rotation between the layers - a stacking defect often seen in the surface of graphite - and calculate the electronic structure near zero energy in a continuum approximation. Contrary to what happens in an AB stacked bilayer and in accord with observations in epitaxial graphene, we find: (a) the low energy dispersion is linear, as in a single layer, but the Fermi velocity can be significantly smaller than the single-layer value; (b) an external electric field, perpendicular to the layers, does not open an electronic gap.