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Ripples of AA and AB stacking bilayer graphenes

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Using the classical molecular dynamics simulations, we have investigated the thermally-excited ripples of the AA- and AB-stacking bilayer graphenes (BLGs) at different temperatures, and compared them with those of the single layer graphene (SLG). It is found that: (1) the ripples in both AA- and AB-stacking BLGs are intrinsic with a characteristic size of about 100 Å at room temperature, increasing with increase of temperature. (2) The ripple’s intralayer height-height correlation functions for the two types of BLGs follow a power-law behavior, G h (q) ~ q -α, with the same scaling exponent at the same temperature, which decreases as temperature increases. (3) The ripple’s height of the AB-stacking BLG is larger than that of the AA-stacking one at the lower temperatures. (4) Finally, the ripple’s height in the two types of BLGs is greatly smaller than that in the SLG, which is consistent with the experimental results.

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Chang, X., Ge, Y. & Dong, J. Ripples of AA and AB stacking bilayer graphenes. Eur. Phys. J. B 78, 103–109 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-10498-8

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