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Main Authors: Iwasaki, Takuya, Morita, Yoshifumi
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21759
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author Iwasaki, Takuya
Morita, Yoshifumi
author_facet Iwasaki, Takuya
Morita, Yoshifumi
contents We review the fabrication and transport characterization of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) moiré superlattices. Due to the moiré effect, the hBN/BLG moiré superlattices exhibit an energy gap at the charge neutrality point (CNP) even in the absence of a perpendicular electric field. In BLG, the application of a perpendicular electric field tunes the energy gap at the CNP, which contrasts with single-layer graphene and is similar to the family of rhombohedral multilayer graphene. The hBN/BLG moiré superlattice is associated with non-trivial energy-band topology and a narrow energy band featuring a van Hove singularity. By employing a dual-gated device structure where both the perpendicular displacement field and the carrier density are individually controllable, systematic engineering of the energy-band structure can be achieved. The data presented here demonstrate the universality and diversity in the physics of hBN/BLG moiré superlattices.
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spellingShingle Hexagonal boron nitride/bilayer graphene moiré superlattices in the Dirac-material family: energy-band engineering and carrier doping by dual gating
Iwasaki, Takuya
Morita, Yoshifumi
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We review the fabrication and transport characterization of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) moiré superlattices. Due to the moiré effect, the hBN/BLG moiré superlattices exhibit an energy gap at the charge neutrality point (CNP) even in the absence of a perpendicular electric field. In BLG, the application of a perpendicular electric field tunes the energy gap at the CNP, which contrasts with single-layer graphene and is similar to the family of rhombohedral multilayer graphene. The hBN/BLG moiré superlattice is associated with non-trivial energy-band topology and a narrow energy band featuring a van Hove singularity. By employing a dual-gated device structure where both the perpendicular displacement field and the carrier density are individually controllable, systematic engineering of the energy-band structure can be achieved. The data presented here demonstrate the universality and diversity in the physics of hBN/BLG moiré superlattices.
title Hexagonal boron nitride/bilayer graphene moiré superlattices in the Dirac-material family: energy-band engineering and carrier doping by dual gating
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21759