Electronic structure and transport properties of graphene/h-BN controlled by boundary potential and magnetic field

Abstract

We study the band structure of the lattice-matched graphene/[Formula: see text]-BN bilayer system in the most stable configuration. An effective way to individually manipulate the edge state by the boundary potentials is proposed. It is shown that the boundary potential can not only shift and deform the edge bands, but also modify the energy gap. We also explore the transport properties of graphene/[Formula: see text]-BN under a magnetic field. The boundary potential can change the distribution of the edge states, resulting in an interesting evolution of the quantized conductance.