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Mixing of moiré-surface and bulk states in graphite.

Ciaran MullanSergey SlizovskiyJun YinZiwei WangQian YangShuigang XuYaping YangBenjamin A PiotSheng HuTakashi TaniguchiKenji WatanabeKonstantin S NovoselovAndre K GeimVladimir I Fal'koArtem Mishchenko
Published in: Nature (2023)
Van der Waals assembly enables the design of electronic states in two-dimensional (2D) materials, often by superimposing a long-wavelength periodic potential on a crystal lattice using moiré superlattices 1-9 . This twistronics approach has resulted in numerous previously undescribed physics, including strong correlations and superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene 10-12 , resonant excitons, charge ordering and Wigner crystallization in transition-metal chalcogenide moiré structures 13-18 and Hofstadter's butterfly spectra and Brown-Zak quantum oscillations in graphene superlattices 19-22 . Moreover, twistronics has been used to modify near-surface states at the interface between van der Waals crystals 23,24 . Here we show that electronic states in three-dimensional (3D) crystals such as graphite can be tuned by a superlattice potential occurring at the interface with another crystal-namely, crystallographically aligned hexagonal boron nitride. This alignment results in several Lifshitz transitions and Brown-Zak oscillations arising from near-surface states, whereas, in high magnetic fields, fractal states of Hofstadter's butterfly draw deep into the bulk of graphite. Our work shows a way in which 3D spectra can be controlled using the approach of 2D twistronics.
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