articleScienceJan 25, 2019GREEN OA

Tuning superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene

MYMatthew YankowitzSCShaowen ChenHPHryhoriy PolshynYZYuxuan ZhangKWK. Watanabe

Columbia University · University of California, Santa Barbara · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Materials with flat electronic bands often exhibit exotic quantum phenomena owing to strong correlations. An isolated low-energy flat band can be induced in bilayer graphene by simply rotating the layers by 1.1°, resulting in the appearance of gate-tunable superconducting and correlated insulating phases. In this study, we demonstrate that in addition to the twist angle, the interlayer coupling can be varied to precisely tune these phases. We induce superconductivity at a twist angle larger than 1.1°-in which correlated phases are otherwise absent-by varying the interlayer spacing with hydrostatic pressure. Our low-disorder devices reveal details about the superconducting phase diagram and its relationship to…

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  • MY
    Matthew YankowitzCorresponding

    Columbia University

  • SC
    Shaowen ChenCorresponding

    Columbia University

  • HP
    Hryhoriy PolshynCorresponding

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • YZ
    Yuxuan Zhang

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • KW
    K. Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Bilayer graphene
  • Superconductivity
  • Bilayer
  • Twist
  • Phase diagram
  • Graphene
  • Phase (matter)
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