Fabrication and Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Magic Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene

ORAL

Abstract

Twisted bilayer graphene has recently gained significant attention due to the discovery of superconductivity and correlated insulating behavior near the magic angle of 1.1 degrees. Other twisted 2D van der Waals heterostructures are expected to host similar phenomena. Thus, methods for consistent and precise fabrication of twisted 2D materials are essential to enable their further study. We discuss the dry transfer technique that enables high accuracy rotational alignment that we have used to fabricate magic angle twisted bilayer graphene devices for scanning probe microscopy measurements. Using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we have verified the localization properties of the flat bands and directly probed the correlated insulating states at commensurate filings. These results can lead to a better understanding of the local electronic properties of magic angle twisted bilayer graphene.

*The work at the University of Arizona was supported by the National Science Foundation under grants DMR-1708406 and EECS-1607911

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Presenters

  • Rachel Myers

    • Department of Physics, University of Arizona

Authors

  • Rachel Myers

    • Department of Physics, University of Arizona

  • Zhiming Zhang

    • Physics Department, University of Arizona
    • Department of Physics, University of Arizona

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
    • nims
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National institute for materials science
    • NIMS-Tsukuba
    • NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • NIMS Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science (Japan)
    • Physics, NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS - Tsukuba

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
    • nims
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, Japan
    • National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National institute for materials science
    • NIMS-Tsukuba
    • NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • NIRM
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • NIMS Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science (Japan)
    • Physics, NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS - Tsukuba

  • Brian J LeRoy

    • Physics Department, University of Arizona
    • Physics, University of Arizona
    • Univ of Arizona
    • Department of Physics, University of Arizona