Geometrically induced <i>π</i>-band splitting in graphene superlattices<xref rid="cpb_26_2_028103_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_26_2_028103_fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project jointly supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant NO. TSHW20101004) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374128 and 11674129).</p> </fn>

Geometrically induced π-band splitting in graphene superlattices* *

Project jointly supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant NO. TSHW20101004) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374128 and 11674129).

Wei Yanpei, Jia Tiantian, Chen Gang^†

The electronic band structures calculated with TB method for the defect-free (3,5) PGS (the left) and the defect-patterned (3,5) superlattice (the right). The defect was mimicked by enhancing the transfer integrals of the C–C bonds in the hexagon as highlighted in Fig. 3(a).