Network model for periodically strained graphene

C De Beule, VT Phong, EJ Mele - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The long-wavelength physics of monolayer graphene in the presence of periodic strain
fields has a natural chiral scattering network description. When the strain field varies slowly …

Topological Flat bands in graphene super-moiré lattices

MM Al Ezzi, J Hu, A Ariando, F Guinea, S Adam - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Moiré-pattern-based potential engineering has become an important way to explore exotic
physics in a variety of two-dimensional condensed matter systems. While these potentials …

Electronic and spin-orbit properties of -BN encapsulated bilayer graphene

K Zollner, E Icking, J Fabian - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Van der Waals heterostructures consisting of Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) and hexagonal
boron nitride (hBN) are investigated. By performing first-principles calculations, we capture …

Fractional Chern insulator states in multilayer graphene moiré superlattices

Z Guo, X Lu, B Xie, J Liu - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
In this work, we theoretically study the fractional Chern insulator (FCI) states in
rhombohedral multilayer graphene moiré superlattices. We start from the highest energy …

Effects of spin-orbit coupling in a valley chiral kagome network

P Wittig, F Dominguez, P Recher - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Valley chiral kagome networks can arise in various situations like, for example, in double-
aligned graphene-hexagonal boron nitride and periodically strained graphene. Here, we …

Effects of band gap on the magic-angle of twisted bilayer graphene

G Yu, L Feng - New Journal of Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Band flattening has been observed in various materials with twisted bilayer structures, such
as graphene, MoS 2, and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). However, the unique phenomenon …

Semimetallic and semiconducting graphene- multilayers with parallel or reverse stacking

X Chen, K Zollner, C Moulsdale, VI Fal'ko, A Knothe - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We theoretically investigate three-dimensional (3D) layered crystals of alternating graphene
and h BN layers with different symmetries. Depending on the hopping parameters between …

Spin Resolved Zero-Line Modes in Minimally Twisted Bilayer Graphene from Exchange Field and Gate Voltage

S You, J An, Z Qiao - Chinese Physics Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The reliance on spin-orbit coupling or strong magnetic fields has always posed significant
challenges for the mass production and even laboratory realization of most topological …

Physical origin of current partition at a topological trifurcation

S You, T Hou, Z Li, Z Qiao - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In gated bilayer graphene, topological zero-line modes (ZLMs) appear along lines
separating regions with opposite valley Hall topologies. Although it is experimentally difficult …

Topologically protected one-dimensional electronic states in group IV two-dimensional Dirac materials

HJW Zandvliet, JD Verbakel, Q Yao… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
In this report we give a brief introduction on the occurrence of topologically protected one-
dimensional electronic states in group IV two-dimensional graphene-like materials. We …