Abstract
Teasing out chirality in graphene A chiral elementary particle has its spin pointing in either the same or the opposite direction as its momentum. In graphene, electrons have an analogous chirality, but observing it in electrical transport experiments is tricky. To do this, Wallbank et al. studied how electrons tunnel between two slightly misaligned graphene sheets separated by a layer of insulating hexagonal boron nitride. The chiral nature of the electrons imposed restrictions on the tunneling, which made it possible to discern the signatures of chirality in the data. Science , this issue p. 575
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Wallbank, J. R., Ghazaryan, D., Misra, A., Cao, Y., Tu, J. S., Piot, B. A., Potemski, M., Pezzini, S., Wiedmann, S., Zeitler, U., Lane, T. L. M., Morozov, S. V., Greenaway, M. T., Eaves, L., Geim, A. K., Falâko, V. I., Novoselov, K. S., & Mishchenko, A. (2016). Tuning the valley and chiral quantum state of Dirac electrons in van der Waals heterostructures. Science, 353(6299), 575â579.
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- J. R. Wallbank (first)
- D. Ghazaryan (additional)
- A. Misra (additional)
- Y. Cao (additional)
- J. S. Tu (additional)
- B. A. Piot (additional)
- M. Potemski (additional)
- S. Pezzini (additional)
- S. Wiedmann (additional)
- U. Zeitler (additional)
- T. L. M. Lane (additional)
- S. V. Morozov (additional)
- M. T. Greenaway (additional)
- L. Eaves (additional)
- A. K. Geim (additional)
- V. I. Fal'ko (additional)
- K. S. Novoselov (additional)
- A. Mishchenko (additional)
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@article{Wallbank_2016, title={Tuning the valley and chiral quantum state of Dirac electrons in van der Waals heterostructures}, volume={353}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf4621}, DOI={10.1126/science.aaf4621}, number={6299}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Wallbank, J. R. and Ghazaryan, D. and Misra, A. and Cao, Y. and Tu, J. S. and Piot, B. A. and Potemski, M. and Pezzini, S. and Wiedmann, S. and Zeitler, U. and Lane, T. L. M. and Morozov, S. V. and Greenaway, M. T. and Eaves, L. and Geim, A. K. and Fal’ko, V. I. and Novoselov, K. S. and Mishchenko, A.}, year={2016}, month=aug, pages={575–579} }