Gate-dependent pseudospin mixing in graphene/boron nitride moiré superlattices

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 743-747

  Shi, Zhiwen ^a   Jin, Chenhao ^a   Yang, Wei ^b   Ju, Long ^a   Horng, Jason ^a   Lu, Xiaobo ^b   Bechtel, Hans A ^c   Martin, Michael C ^c   Fu, Deyi ^d   Wu, Junqiao ^c,d   Watanabe, Kenji ^e   Taniguchi, Takashi ^e   Zhang, Yuanbo ^f   Bai, Xuedong ^b   Wang, Enge ^g   Zhang, Guangyu ^b   Wang, Feng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MIXING; NITRIDES; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

ATOMIC LEVELS; DIRAC ELECTRONS; EXCITED-STATE WAVEFUNCTIONS; NITROGEN ATOM; PRECISE CONTROL; RENORMALIZATION; SUB-LATTICES; TWO-COMPONENT;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85028155956     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3075     Document Type: Article

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