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TY - JOUR
T1 - Fast and slow edges in bilayer graphene nanoribbons
T2 - tuning the transition from band to Mott insulator
AU - Cortijo Fernandez, Alberto
AU - Oroszlany, Laszlo
AU - Schomerus, Henning
N1 - © 2010 The American Physical Society
PY - 2010/6/16
Y1 - 2010/6/16
N2 - We show that gated bilayer graphene zigzag ribbons possess a fast and a slow edge, characterized by edge-state velocities that differ due to non-negligible next-nearest-neighbor hopping elements. By applying bosonization and renormalization group methods, we find that the slow edge can acquire a sizable interaction-induced gap, which is tunable via an external gate voltage Vg. In contrast to the gate-induced gap in the bulk, the interaction-induced gap depends nonmonotonously on the on-site potential V.
AB - We show that gated bilayer graphene zigzag ribbons possess a fast and a slow edge, characterized by edge-state velocities that differ due to non-negligible next-nearest-neighbor hopping elements. By applying bosonization and renormalization group methods, we find that the slow edge can acquire a sizable interaction-induced gap, which is tunable via an external gate voltage Vg. In contrast to the gate-induced gap in the bulk, the interaction-induced gap depends nonmonotonously on the on-site potential V.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235422
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235422
M3 - Journal article
VL - 81
JO - Physical review B
JF - Physical review B
SN - 1550-235X
IS - 23
M1 - 235422
ER -