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October 9, 2025Nature Communications2 citationsOpen Access

Signatures of sliding Wigner crystals in bilayer graphene at zero and finite magnetic fields

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ΑSΑ. SeilerMSMartin StatzCEChristian Eckel

Key Points

  • Enhanced noise at low bias current indicates sliding of a Wigner crystal under large magnetic fields.
  • At zero magnetic field, pronounced AC noise corresponds to collective electron motion with increasing DC current.
  • Transport signatures show potential for confirming the existence of an anomalous Hall crystal in bilayer graphene.
  • Previous studies via scanning tunneling microscopy have also highlighted the Wigner crystallization in similar contexts.

Abstract

AB-stacked bilayer graphene has emerged as a fascinating yet simple platform for exploring macroscopic quantum phenomena of correlated electrons. Under large electric displacement fields and near low-density van-Hove singularities, it exhibits a phase with features consistent with Wigner crystallization, including negative dR/dT and nonlinear bias behavior. However, direct evidence for the emergence of an electron crystal at zero magnetic field remains elusive. Here, we explore low-frequency noise consistent with depinning and sliding of a Wigner crystal or solid. At large magnetic fields, we observe enhanced noise at low bias current and a frequency-dependent response characteristic of depinning and sliding, consistent with earlier scanning tunnelling microscopy studies confirming Wigner crystallization in the fractional quantum Hall regime. At zero magnetic field, we detect pronounced AC noise whose peak frequency increases linearly with applied DC current-indicative of collective electron motion. These transport signatures pave the way toward confirming an anomalous Hall crystal.

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Seiler et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e7d631bd66d359be6265f5https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64587-5
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