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Title: Twisted Bilayer Graphene: A Phonon-Driven Superconductor

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  3. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Freie Univ. Berlin (Germany); Max Planck Inst. of Microstructure Physics, Halle (Germany)

We study the electron-phonon coupling in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), which was recently experimentally observed to exhibit superconductivity around the magic twist angle θ ≈ 1.05°. We show that phonon-mediated electron attraction at the magic angle is strong enough to induce a conventional intervalley pairing between graphene valleys K and K' with a superconducting critical temperature Tc ~ 1 K, in agreement with the experiment. We predict that superconductivity can also be observed in TBG at many other angles θ and higher electron densities in higher moiré bands, which may also explain the possible granular superconductivity of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. We support our conclusions by ab initio calculations.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0016239
OSTI ID:
1612433
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1546267
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, Issue 25; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 184 works
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