• 文献标题:   Angle-dependent electron confinement in graphene moire superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SANCHEZOCHOA F, BOTELLOMENDEZ AR, NOGUEZ C
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.104.075430
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In graphene moire superlattices, electronic interactions between layers are mostly hidden as band structures get crowded because of folding, making their interpretation cumbersome. Here, the evolution of the electronic band structure as a function of the interlayer rotation angle is studied using density functional theory followed by unfolding bands and then comparing them with their corresponding individual components. We observe interactions in regions not theoretically elucidated so far, where for small interlayer angles, gaps turn into discretelike states that are evenly spaced in energy. We find that V-pp sigma attractive interactions between out-of-plane orbitals from different layers are responsible for the discretization. Furthermore, when the interlayer angle becomes small, these discrete, evenly spaced states have energy differences comparable to graphene phonons. Thus they might be relevant to explain electron-phonon-assisted effects, which have been experimentally observed in graphene moire superlattices.