Electronic properties of bilayer graphenes strongly coupled to interlayer stacking and an external field

Park, Changwon; Ryou, Junga; Hong, Suklyun; Sumpter, Bobby G.; Kim, Gunn; Yoon, Mina

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.015502

Title: Electronic properties of bilayer graphenes strongly coupled to interlayer stacking and an external field

Journal Article · Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.015502· OSTI ID:1201284

Park, Changwon ^[1]; Ryou, Junga ^[2]; Hong, Suklyun ^[2]; Sumpter, Bobby G. ^[1]; Kim, Gunn ^[2]; Yoon, Mina ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sejong Univ., Seoul (Korea)

Bilayer graphene (BLG) with a tunable band gap appears interesting as an alternative to graphene for practical applications; thus, its transport properties are being actively pursued. Using density functional theory and perturbation analysis, we investigated, under an external electric field, the electronic properties of BLG in various stackings relevant to recently observed complex structures. We established the first phase diagram summarizing the stacking-dependent gap openings of BLG for a given field. Lastly, we further identified high-density midgap states, localized on grain boundaries, even under a strong field, which can considerably reduce the overall transport gap.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; 2012M3A7B4049888; 2010-0020207; 2013R1A2009131

OSTI ID:: 1201284

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1198565

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 1; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

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