Charge sensing of an unconventional ferroelectric metal in bilayer graphene

ORAL

Abstract

Moiré superlattices in twisted and lattice-mismatched van der Waals systems have recently led to a dazzling display of correlated phenomena including superconductivity, magnetism, and correlated insulating states. Here, we show that Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene in moiré superlattices with insulating boron nitride can result in a surprising electronically-driven ferroelectric state, exhibiting dramatic and unconventional hysteresis in transport and capacitive charge sensing. This ferroelectricity manifests as a robust and switchable electric polarization that coexists with metallicity, unexpected for this well-studied system. By measuring capacitances between the bilayer graphene and the top and bottom gates separately, we find large layer-asymmetric charge compressibility arising from an electronic phase transition. Moiré structures of Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene thus offer a new paradigm for exploring emergent electronic correlations and spontaneous symmetry breaking in an ultraclean two-dimensional system.

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Presenters

  • Sergio de la Barrera

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Sergio de la Barrera

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Zhiren Zheng

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Qiong Ma

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Zhen Bi

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Ming-hao Liu

    • National Cheng Kung University

  • Nannan Mao

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Yang Zhang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Natasha Kiper

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institure for Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki
    • National Institute of Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institude for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials
    • NIMS - Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science ,Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science Japan
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science: Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP
    • National Institue for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • Materials, NIMS
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National In
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, Japan
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
    • International Center for Materials nanoarchtectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS Suguba
    • NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National institute of material science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials
    • National Institute of Material Science, Japan
    • Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institure for Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki
    • National Institute of Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institude for Materials Science
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials
    • NIMS - Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science ,Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science Japan
    • 8International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science: Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP
    • National Institue for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National In
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • International Center for Material Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
    • NIMS Suguba
    • NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Cheng Kung University
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National institute of material science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • National Institute for Materials Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
    • National Institute of Material Science, Japan
    • Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science

  • Jing Kong

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • William A. Tisdale

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Nuh Gedik

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Liang Fu

    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Suyang Xu

    • Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
    • Havard University
    • Harvard University

  • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Raymond Ashoori

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology