Coexisting massive and massless Dirac fermions in moiré-reconstructed bilayer graphene
Abstract
We report the emergence of massless Dirac fermions in moiré-reconstructed bands of bilayer graphene (BLG) aligned with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Magnetotransport measurements reveal that while the primary BLG band retains a parabolic dispersion with a Berry phase of $2π$, the moiré-induced secondary bands at $n/n_0 = \pm 4$ host chiral massless quasiparticles with a Berry phase $π$ and a Fermi velocity $v_m \approx 3.6 \times 10^5 \mathrm{m s^{-1}}$. This transition from massive to massless carriers arises from topological band reconstruction driven by the hBN moiré potential. Our results demonstrate that moiré engineering in BLG/hBN offers a powerful route to tune band topology and realize coexisting Dirac and massive fermions within a single crystalline platform.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Graphene research and applications
Topological Materials and Phenomena
2D Materials and Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 8
- Publication date
- 16 January 2026
- Language
- EN