• 文献标题:   Emergence of Tertiary Dirac Points in Graphene Moire Superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN GR, SUI MQ, WANG DM, WANE SP, JUNG J, MOON PY, ADAM S, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, ZHOU SY, KOSHINO M, ZHANG GY, ZHANE YB
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, moire pattern, graphene superlattice, tertialy dirac point landau level
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Fudan Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00735
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The electronic structure of a crystalline solid is largely determined by its lattice structure. Recent advances in van der Waals solids, artificial crystals with controlled stacking of two-dimensional (2D) atomic films, have enabled the creation of materials with novel electronic structures. In particular, stacking graphene on hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) introduces a moire superlattice that fundamentally modifies graphenes band structure and gives rise to secondary Dirac points (SDPs). Here we find that the formation of a moire superlattice in graphene on hBN yields new, unexpected consequences: a set of tertiary Dirac points (TDPs) emerge, which give rise to additional sets of Landau levels when the sample is subjected to an external magnetic field. Our observations hint at the formation of a hidden Kekule superstructure on top of the moire superlattice under appropriate carrier doping and magnetic fields.