articleNano LettersFeb 1, 2010GREEN OA

Localization of Dirac Electrons in Rotated Graphene Bilayers

GTG. Trambly de LaissardièreDMD. MayouLML. Magaud

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Théorie Économique, Modélisation et Applications · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

For Dirac electrons the Klein paradox implies that the confinement is difficult to achieve with an electrostatic potential although it can be of great importance for graphene-based devices. Here, ab initio and tight-binding approaches are combined and show that the wave function of Dirac electrons can be localized in rotated graphene bilayers due to the Moire pattern. This localization of wave function is maximum in the limit of the small rotation angle between the two layers.

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  • GT
    G. Trambly de LaissardièreCorresponding

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Théorie Économique, Modélisation et Applications, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, CY Cergy Paris Université

  • DM
    D. Mayou

    Institut Néel, Université Joseph Fourier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

  • LM
    L. Magaud

    Institut Néel, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Joseph Fourier

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Graphene
  • Electron
  • Dirac (video compression format)
  • Wave function
  • Bilayer graphene
  • Ab initio
  • Function (biology)
  • Limit (mathematics)
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