Large tunable intrinsic gap in rhombohedral-stacked tetralayer graphene

Abstract

In rhombohedral-stacked few-layer graphene, the very flat energy bands near the charge neutrality point are unstable to electronic interactions, giving rise to states with spontaneous broken symmetries. Using transport measurements on suspended rhombohedral-stacked tetralayer graphene, we observe an insulating ground state with a large interaction-induced gap up to 80 meV. This gapped state can be enhanced by a perpendicular magnetic field, and suppressed by an interlayer potential, carrier density, or a critical temperature of ~ 40 K.

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