• 文献标题:   Dirac electrons in a dodecagonal graphene quasicrystal
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AHN SJ, MOON P, KIM TH, KIM HW, SHIN HC, KIM EH, CHA HW, KAHNG SJ, KIM P, KOSHINO M, SON YW, YANG CW, AHN JR
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0036-8075 EI 1095-9203
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sungkyunkwan Univ
  • 被引频次:   21
  • DOI:   10.1126/science.aar8412
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Quantum states of quasiparticles in solids are dictated by symmetry. We have experimentally demonstrated quantum states of Dirac electrons in a two-dimensional quasicrystal without translational symmetry. A dodecagonal quasicrystalline order was realized by epitaxial growth of twisted bilayer graphene rotated exactly 30 degrees. We grew the graphene quasicrystal up to a millimeter scale on a silicon carbide surface while maintaining the single rotation angle over an entire sample and successfully isolated the quasicrystal from a substrate, demonstrating its structural and chemical stability under ambient conditions. Multiple Dirac cones replicated with the 12-fold rotational symmetry were observed in angle-resolved photoemission spectra, which revealed anomalous strong interlayer coupling with quasi-periodicity. Our study provides a way to explore physical properties of relativistic fermions with controllable quasicrystalline orders.