Magnetic field induced insulating state in bilayer graphene at charge neutral point

作者:Zhou Yang Bo*; Zhang Liang; Yu Da Peng; Liao Zhi Min
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 104(15): 153103.
DOI:10.1063/1.4871698

摘要

We investigate magnetotransport in the vicinity of the charge neutral point (CNP) in bilayer graphene at low temperatures. The CNP is found to vary with applied magnetic fields. Through measuring the transfer curves under different magnetic fields and at different temperatures, the temperature dependence of the peak resistivity at the CNP and under a fixed magnetic field is extracted. At low temperatures, it is found that the peak resistivity at the CNP increases exponentially with decreasing temperature under 14 T, which indicates the gap opening in zero-energy Landau level. The origins of such magnetic field induced insulating behavior are discussed.