Flat bands, electron interactions and magnetic order in magic-angle mono-trilayer graphene
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Starting with twisted bilayer graphene, graphene-based moiré materials have recently been established as a new platform for studying strong electron correlations. In this paper, we study twisted graphene monolayers on trilayer graphene and demonstrate that this system can host flat bands when the twist angle is close to the magic angle of 1.16∘. When monolayer graphene is twisted on ABA trilayer graphene, the flat bands are not isolated, but are intersected by a Dirac cone with a large Fermi velocity. In contrast, graphene twisted on ABC trilayer graphene (denoted AtABC) exhibits a gap between flat and remote bands. Since ABC trilayer graphene and twisted bilayer graphene are known to host broken-symmetry phases, we further investigate the ostensibly similar magic-angle AtABC system. We study the effect of electron-electron interactions in AtABC using both Hartree theory and an atomic Hubbard theory to calculate the magnetic phase diagram as a function of doping, twist angle, and perpendicular electric field. Our analysis reveals a rich variety of magnetic orderings, including ferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism, and demonstrates that a perpendicular electric field makes AtABC more susceptible to magnetic ordering.
Date Issued
2021-08-24
Date Acceptance
2021-07-27
Citation
Physical Review Materials, 2021, 5 (8)
ISSN
2475-9953
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Materials
Volume
5
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
©2021 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.12641v1
Grant Number
EP/S025324/1
Subjects
cond-mat.mes-hall
cond-mat.mes-hall
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
cond-mat.str-el
Notes
9 pages, 5 figures
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 084008