Energy Gap Induced by Friedel Oscillations Manifested as Transport Asymmetry at Monolayer-Bilayer Graphene Boundaries

We show that Friedel charge oscillation near an interface opens a gap at the Fermi energy for electrons with wave vectors perpendicular to the interface. If the Friedel gaps on two sides of the interface are different, a nonequilibrium effect—shifting of these gaps under bias—leads to asymmetric tra...

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Main Authors: Kendal W. Clark, X.-G. Zhang, Gong Gu, Jewook Park, Guowei He, R. M. Feenstra, An-Ping Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011021