LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Ab initio four-band Wannier tight-binding model for generic twisted graphene systems

Photo from wikipedia

The newly realized twisted graphene systems such as twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG), and twisted trilayer graphene (TTG) have attracted widespread theoretical attention. Therefore, a simple… Click to show full abstract

The newly realized twisted graphene systems such as twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG), and twisted trilayer graphene (TTG) have attracted widespread theoretical attention. Therefore, a simple and accurate model of the systems is of vital importance for the further study. Here, we construct the symmetry-adapted localized Wannier functions and the corresponding $\textit{ab initio}$ minimal two-valley four-band effective tight-binding models for generic twisted graphene systems with small twist angle. Such two-valley model evades the Wannier obstruction caused by the fragile topology in one-valley model. The real space valley operator is introduced to explicitly describe the valley $U_{v}\left(1\right)$ symmetry. Each symmetry-adapted Wannier orbital shows a peculiar three-peak form with its maximum at AA spots and its center at AB or BA spots. An extended Hubbard model is also given and the related parameters are presented explicitly. We provide an approach to systematically build the Wannier tight-binding model for generic twisted graphene systems. Our model provides a firm basis for further study of the many-body effects in these systems.

Keywords: generic twisted; tight binding; graphene; model; graphene systems; twisted graphene

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2021

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.