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The emergence of interface states in graphene/transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructure with lateral interface
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Submitted 12 Apr 2023
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The authors' main claim In this study, we show that a Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructure with a lateral interface in the TMDC layer can indeed host topologically protected in-gap propagating modes, similar to those at the border of commensurate AB and BA domains in biased minimally-twisted bilayer graphene.
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The relative strength of different proximity spin-orbit couplings in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) can be tuned via the metal composition in the TMDC layer. While Gr/MoSe$_2$, has a normal gap, proximity to WSe$_2$ instead leads to valley-Zeeman-driven inverted bands. Although the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ index vanishes, these systems enable a concentration-dependent topological crossover with band gap closure when graphene is stacked on a composite or alloyed TMDC layer. This is due to a nonzero Berry curvature at the individual valleys and a change of the valley Chern index at a critical composition ratio. Therefore, inherently, we also expect that stacked heterostructures of graphene on composite TMDC layers should host localised boundary modes due to the presence of Gr/WSe$_2$- and Gr/MoSe$_2$-like domains with opposite valley Chern indices. In this study, we show that a Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructure with a lateral interface in the TMDC layer can indeed host topologically protected in-gap propagating modes, similar to those at the border of commensurate AB and BA domains in biased minimally-twisted bilayer graphene. However, the stability of these modes depends crucially on the system size. We demonstrate that the electronic behaviour of Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructures evolves from a homogeneous effective medium to a superposition of domain-localised bands and zero-energy branch crossings as the domain size in the alloyed TMDC layer is increased.
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| s0 | The relative strength of different proximity spin-orbit couplings in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) can be tuned via the metal composition in the TMDC layer. | background 1.00 | 0.12 | 0.03 | asserted 0.92 |
| s1 | While Gr/MoSe$_2$, has a normal gap, proximity to WSe$_2$ instead leads to valley-Zeeman-driven inverted bands. | background 0.86 | 0.18 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Although the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ index vanishes, these systems enable a concentration-dependent topological crossover with band gap closure when graphene is stacked on a composite or alloyed TMDC layer. | result 0.56 | 0.30 | 0.09 | asserted 0.92 |
| s3 | This is due to a nonzero Berry curvature at the individual valleys and a change of the valley Chern index at a critical composition ratio. | interpretation 0.92 | 0.30 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Therefore, inherently, we also expect that stacked heterostructures of graphene on composite TMDC layers should host localised boundary modes due to the presence of Gr/WSe$_2$- and Gr/MoSe$_2$-like domains with opposite valley Chern indices. | interpretation 0.83 | 0.14 | 0.17 | hedged possibility 0.71 |
| s5 | In this study, we show that a Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructure with a lateral interface in the TMDC layer can indeed host topologically protected in-gap propagating modes, similar to those at the border of commensurate AB and BA domains in biased minimally-twisted bilayer graphene. | result 0.55 | 0.94 | 0.84 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | However, the stability of these modes depends crucially on the system size. | limitation 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.06 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | We demonstrate that the electronic behaviour of Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructures evolves from a homogeneous effective medium to a superposition of domain-localised bands and zero-energy branch crossings as the domain size in the alloyed TMDC layer is increased. | result 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.23 | asserted 1.00 |
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The relative strength of different proximity spin-orbit couplings in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) can be tuned via the metal composition in the TMDC layer. While Gr/MoSe$_2$, has a normal gap, proximity to WSe$_2$ instead leads to valley-Zeeman-driven inverted bands. Although the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ index vanishes, these systems enable a concentration-dependent topological crossover with band gap closure when graphene is stacked on a composite or alloyed TMDC layer. This is due to a nonzero Berry curvature at the individual valleys and a change of the valley Chern index at a critical composition ratio. Therefore, inherently, we also expect that stacked heterostructures of graphene on composite TMDC layers should host localised boundary modes due to the presence of Gr/WSe$_2$- and Gr/MoSe$_2$-like domains with opposite valley Chern indices. In this study, we show that a Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructure with a lateral interface in the TMDC layer can indeed host topologically protected in-gap propagating modes, similar to those at the border of commensurate AB and BA domains in biased minimally-twisted bilayer graphene. However, the stability of these modes depends crucially on the system size. We demonstrate that the electronic behaviour of Gr/(Mo-W)Se$_2$ heterostructures evolves from a homogeneous effective medium to a superposition of domain-localised bands and zero-energy branch crossings as the domain size in the alloyed TMDC layer is increased.
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