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The commensurate charge density wave (CDW) in the layered compound $1T$-TaS$_2$ has hitherto mostly been treated as a quasi two-dimensional phenomenon. Recent band structure calculations have, however, predicted that the CDW coexists with a…
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We demonstrate that the concept of moir\'e flat bands can be generalized to achieve electronic band engineering in all three spatial dimensions. For many two dimensional van der Waals materials, twisting two adjacent layers with respect to…
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