Atomic collapse in gapped graphene: Lattice and valley effects
We study the atomic collapse phenomenon in $K$ and ${K}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ valleys of gapped graphene. Bound states induced by Coulomb impurity in the gap turn into atomic collapse resonances as the charge increases beyond the supercritical charge ${Z}_{c}$. ${Z}_{c}$ increases sublinearly with the band gap $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}$. The atomic collapse resonances result in peaks in the local density of states (LDOS) at the same energies in $K$ and ${K}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ valleys, but the strong (weak) LDOS peaks in the $K$ valley are weak (strong) LDOS peaks in the ${K}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ valley reminiscent of pseudospin polarization phenomenon. From a spatial LDOS analysis of the atomic collapse resonance states, we assign specific atomic orbitals to the atomic collapse resonances. Remarkably, the two $p$ atomic orbital atomic collapse states are no longer degenerate and split into two, having lobes in different directions in the graphene plane.
Authors
- Yuhua Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1945-2843)
- Wen‐Sheng Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-5776)
- François Maria Peeters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3507-8951)
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-7339)
- Yue Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-4695)
- Xiaotai Wu
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Universidade Federal do Ceará (BR)
- Hangzhou Dianzi University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.111.245402
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Graphene research and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.52
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China