Twisted bilayer graphene(TBG) has been extensively studied because of its novel physical properties and potential application in electronic devices.Here we report the synthesis and characterization of 300 TBG naturall...Twisted bilayer graphene(TBG) has been extensively studied because of its novel physical properties and potential application in electronic devices.Here we report the synthesis and characterization of 300 TBG naturally grown on Cu_(0.75)Ni_(0.25)(111) film and investigate the electronic structure by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.Compared with other substrates,our TBG with a wafer scale is acquired with a shorter growth time.The Fermi velocity and energy gap of Dirac cones of TBG are comparable with those of a monolayer on Cu_(0.85)Ni_(0.15)(111).The signature of moré lattices has not been observed in either the low-energy electron diffraction patterns or the Fermi surface map within experimental resolution,possibly due to different Cu and Ni contents in the substrates enhancing the different couplings between the substrate and the first/second layers and hindering the formation of a quasiperiodic structure.展开更多
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides have novel physical properties and great potential for applications.Among them,WTe2,which has an extremely large unsaturated magnetoresistance and is theoretically predicted to...Layered transition metal dichalcogenides have novel physical properties and great potential for applications.Among them,WTe2,which has an extremely large unsaturated magnetoresistance and is theoretically predicted to be a type-Ⅱ Weyl semimetal,has been extensively studied.Here,we systematically probe the electronic structure of WTe_(2) at room temperature using high-resolution angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy(ARPES).We find that temperature-driven chemical potential shift and Lifshitz transition,which is equivalent to low-energy band structures shift downward by around 50 meV,compared to the results at low temperatures.Our ARPES experimental results match well with previous theoretical calculations,implying the possible existence of type-Ⅱ Weyl points near the Γ-X axis.Also,as expected,there exists a dominantly electron-like Fermi surface instead of the one with compensated electrons and holes.Meanwhile,our ARPES results show that the flat band(FB) lying below the Fermi level(EF) becomes closer to the Fermi level at room temperature,which might start to dominate the transport behavior and lead to the disappearance of the unsaturated giant magnetoresistance effect.These findings not only reveal the electronic structure features of WTe_(2) at room temperature,but also provide new insights into the development of room-temperature topological quantum devices.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2022YFB3608000 and 2022YFA1204900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12222413 and 12074205)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant Nos. 23ZR1482200 and 22ZR1473300)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. LQ21A040004)the funding of Ningbo University (Grant No. LJ2024003)。
文摘Twisted bilayer graphene(TBG) has been extensively studied because of its novel physical properties and potential application in electronic devices.Here we report the synthesis and characterization of 300 TBG naturally grown on Cu_(0.75)Ni_(0.25)(111) film and investigate the electronic structure by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.Compared with other substrates,our TBG with a wafer scale is acquired with a shorter growth time.The Fermi velocity and energy gap of Dirac cones of TBG are comparable with those of a monolayer on Cu_(0.85)Ni_(0.15)(111).The signature of moré lattices has not been observed in either the low-energy electron diffraction patterns or the Fermi surface map within experimental resolution,possibly due to different Cu and Ni contents in the substrates enhancing the different couplings between the substrate and the first/second layers and hindering the formation of a quasiperiodic structure.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grants No. U2032208, 12222413, 12004405)the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan (Grant No. 21JC1402000)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 22ZR1473300)fund of Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (Grant No. 6142A02200102)supported by ME 2 project under Contract No. 11227902 from NSFC。
文摘Layered transition metal dichalcogenides have novel physical properties and great potential for applications.Among them,WTe2,which has an extremely large unsaturated magnetoresistance and is theoretically predicted to be a type-Ⅱ Weyl semimetal,has been extensively studied.Here,we systematically probe the electronic structure of WTe_(2) at room temperature using high-resolution angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy(ARPES).We find that temperature-driven chemical potential shift and Lifshitz transition,which is equivalent to low-energy band structures shift downward by around 50 meV,compared to the results at low temperatures.Our ARPES experimental results match well with previous theoretical calculations,implying the possible existence of type-Ⅱ Weyl points near the Γ-X axis.Also,as expected,there exists a dominantly electron-like Fermi surface instead of the one with compensated electrons and holes.Meanwhile,our ARPES results show that the flat band(FB) lying below the Fermi level(EF) becomes closer to the Fermi level at room temperature,which might start to dominate the transport behavior and lead to the disappearance of the unsaturated giant magnetoresistance effect.These findings not only reveal the electronic structure features of WTe_(2) at room temperature,but also provide new insights into the development of room-temperature topological quantum devices.
