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We suggest that a magnetic-field-induced Peierls instability accounts for the recent experiment of Zhang et al. in which unexpected quantum Hall plateaus were observed at high magnetic fields in graphene on a substrate. This Peierls instability leads to an out-of-plane lattice distortion resulting in a charge density wave (CDW) on sublattices A and B of the graphene honeycomb lattice. We also discuss alternative microscopic scenarios proposed in the literature and leading to a similar CDW ground state in graphene.
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Fuchs, J., Lederer, P. Charge density wave in graphene: Magnetic-field-induced Peierls instability. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 148, 151–158 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00235-3
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