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Symmetry breaking in commensurate graphene rotational stacking; a comparison of theory and experiment

Symmetry breaking in commensurate graphene rotational stacking; a comparison of theory and experiment

Graphene stacked in a Bernal configuration (${60}^{\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}}$ relative rotations between sheets) differs electronically from isolated graphene due to the broken symmetry introduced by interlayer bonds forming between only one of the two graphene unit cell atoms. A variety of experiments have shown that non-Bernal rotations restore this broken symmetry; consequently, …