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Engineering Moir\'e Kagome Superlattices in Twisted Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-03-18 v1 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We propose a scheme to achieve breathing kagome moir\'e superlattices using three twisted layers of transition metal dichalcogenides. In this scheme, the top and bottom layers are twisted relative to the middle layer by small angles θ\theta and 2θ\theta respectively, generating a kagome-like moir\'e potential for the middle layer with suitable parameters. The moir\'e band structures of these systems are calculated within the continuum model and show good resemblance to the breathing kagome band structure, including the flat band, Dirac points with tunable gap, and van Hove singularities. This system serves as a new venue to explore strongly correlated physics on kagome lattices which offers more flexibility and tunability in band structure, charge density, and interaction strength.

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@article{arxiv.2503.13422,
  title  = {Engineering Moir\'e Kagome Superlattices in Twisted Transition Metal Dichalcogenides},
  author = {Adrian Fedorko and Chao-Xing Liu and Zhen Bi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.13422},
  year   = {2025}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, appendix 7 pages