The symmetry protected Dirac spectrum near the charge neutrality has been a source of exotic physical behaviors observed in graphene. In a disorder-free clean sample, attained by encapsulating graphene in between hexa-boron nitride, we can tune the Fermi energy to be much smaller than any relevant energy scales. In this presentation, we will discuss several examples where extremely small Fermi energy plays a critical role. In the first example, we present the Andreev reflection realized in graphene in contact with van der Waals superconductor NbSe2 with a clean interface. By reducing the Fermi energy of graphene smaller than the superconducting gap, we observe the evidence of a long-sought specular Andreev reflection, where the superconducting Cooper pairs split into a pair of electron and hole across the charge neutrality point. In the second example, we will discuss a drastic enhancement of the electronic thermal conductivity at the charge neutrality as the Fermi energy becomes smaller than thermal energy. We report a strong violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law at the charge neutrality, suggesting the realization of the relativistic hydrodynamic transport. Finally, we will also discuss our recent experimental results on quantized Hall-drag resistance in double bilayer graphene system where evidence for the exciton condensation phases across Landau levels with different filling factors can be inferred.
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