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Moir\'e Ferroelectricity-Driven Band Engineering in Twisted Square Bilayers

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-03-17 v1 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We develop the moir\'e band theory for M-valley twisted square homobilayers with layer groups PP-42m42m and PP-4m24m2, and propose candidate material realizations. We show that moir\'e ferroelectricity-originating from sliding ferroelectricity in the untwisted bilayers-provides an independent control knob for miniband engineering in addition to interlayer tunneling. The competition between these two effects enables controlled switching between layer-resolved bilayer minibands and an effective single isolated miniband. Remarkably, these systems exhibit an emergent momentum-space nonsymmorphic symmetry in the absence of external magnetic fields. Large-scale \emph{ab initio} calculations identify Cu2_2WS4_4 and GeCl2_2 as representative materials realizing the ferroelectricity- and tunneling-dominated regimes, respectively. Our results establish twisted square homobilayers as a promising platform for correlated band engineering beyond moir\'e hexagonal systems.

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@article{arxiv.2603.15140,
  title  = {Moir\'e Ferroelectricity-Driven Band Engineering in Twisted Square Bilayers},
  author = {Kejie Bao and Rui Shi and Huan Wang and Linghao Huang and Jing Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.15140},
  year   = {2026}
}
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