Moiré Physics of One-Dimensional Related Systems and Their Measurement

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 2152; no. 1; pp. 12035 - 12045
• Main Author: Zuo, Jiaqi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Electron transport; Graphene; Magic-angle graphene; Moiré physics; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; Physics; Rayleigh scattering; Superconductivity; Unconventional superconductors
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2152/1/012035

Abstract Currently, the magic-angle graphene has given a tremendous boost to the study of unconventional superconductors. On the other hand, there were still limited experimental studies on superconductivity in one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotube systems. The study of experimental systems in demonstrating superconductivity was therefore scientifically important. In this review, we have shown strategies toward demonstrating the superconductivity for the single double-wall carbon nanotube (DWCNT). In general, there have been two directions to analyse superconducting properties of one-dimensional materials: (i) strong correlated states (ii) anomalous electron transport operations. We introduced the transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy to describe the strong correlation. The theoretical foundations of moiré physics have also been described. Given all the methods, we concluded that the most intuitive way to demonstrate the superconductivity of single double-walled carbon nanotubes is the critical temperature. The sharp drop of the resistance could be directly observed, and the T c could be obtained from the electrical transport data. In the last section, we also summarized the challenges that need to be addressed in future superconductivity studies of 1D carbon nanotubes.