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Our first-principles calculations reveal surprisingly high sensitivity of the field-induced energy gap of bilayer graphene to changes in its interlayer spacing. Small adjustments in the interlayer spacing near its equilibrium value produce large modulations in the gap over a wide range of field strength. We elucidate the mechanism for the extremely effective gap tuning by examining the interlayer charge redistribution driven by the coupled electric field and nanomechanical effect.
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