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Theory of Bilayer Graphene Spectroscopy

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With many models in physics, it is much easier to conceive a Gedankenexperiment and analyse it on paper, rather than prepare a real-life experiment. It is definitely the case when imagining a single plane of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb (hexagonal) pattern.

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Mucha-Kruczyński, M. (2013). Introduction. In: Theory of Bilayer Graphene Spectroscopy. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30936-6_1

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