How to construct matrix representation of tight-binding Hamiltonian of graphene for numerical calculations

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The honeycomb lattice of graphene is topologically equivalent to a brick lattice:

Honeycomb lattice of graphene (top left), its equivalent brick lattice (top right), which is employed to construct submatrices of the matrix representation of the tight-binding Hamiltonian defined on either of these two lattices.