The crucial role of atomic corrugation on the flat bands and energy gaps of twisted bilayer graphene at the "magic angle" $\theta \sim 1.08^{\circ }$

Abstract

We combine state-of-the-art large-scale first principles calculations with a low-energy continuum model to describe the nearly flat bands of twisted bilayer graphene at the first magic angle $\theta =1.08^{\circ }$. We show that the energy width of the flat band manifold, as well as the energy gap separating it from the valence and conduction bands, can be obtained only if the out-of-plane relaxations are fully taken into account. The results agree both qualitatively and quantitatively with recent experimental outcomes.

Published in Phys. Rev. B 99, 195419 (2019)

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