Long-range nontopological edge currents in charge-neutral graphene
arXiv:2012.02842 · doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03501-7
Abstract
Van der Waals heterostructures display a rich variety of unique electronic properties. To identify novel transport mechanisms, nonlocal measurements have been widely used, wherein a voltage is measured at contacts placed far away from the expected classical flow of charge carriers. This approach was employed in search of dissipationless spin and valley transport, topological charge-neutral currents, hydrodynamic flows and helical edge modes. Monolayer, bilayer, and few-layer graphene, transition-metal dichalcogenides, and moire superlattices were found to display pronounced nonlocal effects. However, the origin of these effects is hotly debated. Graphene, in particular, exhibits giant nonlocality at charge neutrality, a prominent behavior that attracted competing explanations. Utilizing superconducting quantum interference device on a tip (SQUID-on-tip) for nanoscale thermal and scanning gate imaging, we demonstrate that the commonly-occurring charge accumulation at graphene edges leads to giant nonlocality, producing narrow conductive channels that support long-range currents. Unexpectedly, while the edge conductance has little impact on the current flow in zero magnetic field, it leads to field-induced decoupling between edge and bulk transport at moderate fields. The resulting giant nonlocality both at charge neutrality and away from it produces exotic flow patterns in which charges can flow against the global electric field. We have visualized surprisingly intricate patterns of nonlocal currents, which are sensitive to edge disorder. The observed one-dimensional edge transport, being generic and nontopological, is expected to support nonlocal transport in many electronic systems, offering insight into numerous controversies in the literature and linking them to long-range guided electronic states at system edges.
arXiv commentMain text: 14 pages, 4 figures. Methods and Supplementary information: 27 pages, 6 figures. Supplementary videos: 9
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