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Kangjun Seo1, Valeri N Kotov2, Bruno Uchoa1.
Abstract
We address the effective tight-binding Hamiltonian that describes the insulating Mott state of twisted graphene bilayers at a magic angle. In that configuration, twisted bilayers form a honeycomb superlattice of localized states, characterized by the appearance of flat bands with fourfold degeneracy. After calculating the maximally localized superlattice Wannier wave functions, we derive the effective spin model that describes the Mott state. We suggest that the system is an exotic ferromagnetic Mott insulator, with well-defined experimental signatures.Entities:
Year: 2019 PMID: 31322360 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.246402
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161