Lin Chiun-Yan, Wu Jhao-Ying, Ou Yih-Jon, Chiu Yu-Huang, Lin Ming-Fa
Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2015 Oct 21;17(39):26008-35. doi: 10.1039/c5cp05013h. Epub 2015 Sep 21.
This article reviews the rich magneto-electronic properties of multilayer graphene systems. Multilayer graphenes are built from graphene sheets attracting one another by van der Waals forces; the magneto-electronic properties are diversified by the number of layers and the stacking configurations. For an N-layer system, Landau levels are divided into N groups, with each identified by a dominant sublattice associated with the stacking configuration. We focus on the main characteristics of Landau levels, including the degeneracy, wave functions, quantum numbers, onset energies, field-dependent energy spectra, semiconductor-metal transitions, and crossing patterns, which are reflected in the magneto-optical spectroscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and quantum transport experiments. The Landau levels in AA-stacked graphene are responsible for multiple Dirac cones, while in AB-stacked graphene the Dirac properties depend on the number of graphene layers, and in ABC-stacked graphene the low-lying levels are related to surface states. The Landau-level mixing leads to anticrossings patterns in energy spectra, which are seen for intergroup Landau levels in AB-stacked graphene, while in particular, a formation of both intergroup and intragroup anticrossings is observed in ABC-stacked graphene. The aforementioned magneto-electronic properties lead to diverse optical spectra, plasma spectra, and transport properties when the stacking order and the number of layers are varied. The calculations are in agreement with optical and transport experiments, and novel features that have not yet been verified experimentally are presented.
本文综述了多层石墨烯体系丰富的磁电性质。多层石墨烯由通过范德华力相互吸引的石墨烯片层构成;其磁电性质因层数和堆叠构型而异。对于N层体系,朗道能级被分为N组,每组由与堆叠构型相关的主导子晶格确定。我们聚焦于朗道能级的主要特征,包括简并度、波函数、量子数、起始能量、场依赖能谱、半导体-金属转变以及交叉模式,这些特征在磁光光谱、扫描隧道光谱和量子输运实验中得以体现。AA堆叠石墨烯中的朗道能级产生多个狄拉克锥,而AB堆叠石墨烯中的狄拉克性质取决于石墨烯层数,ABC堆叠石墨烯中的低能级与表面态相关。朗道能级混合导致能谱中的反交叉模式,在AB堆叠石墨烯的组间朗道能级中可见,而特别地,在ABC堆叠石墨烯中观察到组间和组内反交叉的形成。当堆叠顺序和层数变化时,上述磁电性质导致多样的光谱、等离子体光谱和输运性质。计算结果与光学和输运实验一致,并呈现了尚未经实验验证的新特征。