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Hexagonal boron nitride/bilayer graphene moiré superlattices in the Dirac-material family: energy-band engineering and carrier doping by dual gating

arXiv:2509.21759 · doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ae05a5

Abstract

We review the fabrication and transport characterization of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) moiré superlattices. Due to the moiré effect, the hBN/BLG moiré superlattices exhibit an energy gap at the charge neutrality point (CNP) even in the absence of a perpendicular electric field. In BLG, the application of a perpendicular electric field tunes the energy gap at the CNP, which contrasts with single-layer graphene and is similar to the family of rhombohedral multilayer graphene. The hBN/BLG moiré superlattice is associated with non-trivial energy-band topology and a narrow energy band featuring a van Hove singularity. By employing a dual-gated device structure where both the perpendicular displacement field and the carrier density are individually controllable, systematic engineering of the energy-band structure can be achieved. The data presented here demonstrate the universality and diversity in the physics of hBN/BLG moiré superlattices.

arXiv comment42 pages, 13 figures, This is an invited review to appear in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, which is based on a conference talk summarized as arXiv:2410.05649 (unpublished)

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