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In heterostructures consisting of atomically thin crystals layered on top of one another, lattice mismatch or rotation between the layers results in long-wavelength moir\'e superlattices. These moir\'e patterns can drive significant band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Nathan R. Finney , Matthew Yankowitz , Lithurshanaa Muraleetharan , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , Cory R. Dean , James Hone

A periodic spatial modulation, as created by a moir\'e pattern, has been extensively studied with the view to engineer and tune the properties of graphene. Graphene encapsulated by hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) when slightly misaligned with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 M. Anđelković , S. P. Milovanović , L. Covaci , F. M. Peeters

Vertical stacking of atomically thin materials offers a large platform for realizing novel properties enabled by proximity effects and moir\'e patterns. Here we focus on mechanically assembled heterostructures of graphene and ReS$_2$, a van…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-16 Ryan Plumadore , Mohammed M. Al Ezzi , Shaffique Adam , Adina Luican-Mayer

The study of moir\'e engineering started with the advent of van der Waals heterostructures in which stacking two-dimensional layers with different lattice constants leads to a moir\'e pattern controlling their electronic properties. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 F. Mesple , N. R. Walet , G. Trambly de Laissardière , F. Guinea , D. Dosenovic , H. Okuno , C. Paillet , A. Michon , C. Chapelier , V. T. Renard

Stacking two atomic crystals with a twist between their crystal axes produces moir\'e potentials that modify the electronic properties. Here we show that double moir\'e potentials generated by superposing three atomic crystals create a new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Xinyuan Lai , Guohong Li , Angela M. Coe , Jedediah H. Pixley , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Eva Y. Andrei

When atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials are layered they often form incommensurate non-crystalline structures that exhibit long-period moir{\' e} patterns when examined by scanning probes. In this paper we present an approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 Jeil Jung , Arnaud Raoux , Zhenhua Qiao , Allan H. MacDonald

Moir\'e superlattices formed in stacks of two or more 2D crystals with similar lattice structures have recently become excellent platforms to reveal new physics in low-dimensional systems. They are, however, highly sensitive to the angle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-15 Tianyu Zhang , Chengxin Xiao , Hongxia Xue , Wang Yao , Dong-Keun Ki

Control of the interlayer twist angle in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures enables one to engineer a quasiperiodic moir\'e superlattice of tunable length scale. In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), the simple moir\'e…

Moir\'{e} interference effects have profound impact on the optoelectronic properties of vertical van der Waals structures. Here we establish secondary electron imaging in a scanning electron microscope as a powerful technique for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-27 Anna Rupp , Jonas Göser , Zhijie Li , Ismail Bilgin , Anvar Baimuratov , Alexander Högele

Van der Waals assembly enables exquisite design of electronic states in two-dimensional (2D) materials, often by superimposing a long-wavelength periodic potential on a crystal lattice using moir\'e superlattices. Here we show that…

Atomically-thin layers of two-dimensional materials can be assembled in vertical stacks held together by relatively weak van der Waals forces, allowing for coupling between monolayer crystals with incommensurate lattices and arbitrary…

Moir\'e effects in twisted or lattice-incommensurate vertical assemblies of two-dimensional crystals give rise to a new class of quantum materials with rich transport and optical phenomena, including correlated electron physics in flat…

In moir\'e crystals formed by stacking van der Waals (vdW) materials, surprisingly diverse correlated electronic phases and optical properties can be realized by a subtle change in the twist angle. Here, we discover that phonon spectra are…

Large scale two-dimensional (2D) moir\'e superlattices are driving a revolution in designer quantum materials. The electronic interactions in these superlattices, strongly dependent on the periodicity and symmetry of the moir\'e pattern,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 M. Kögl , P. Soubelet , M. Brotons-Gisbert , A. V. Stier , B. D. Gerardot , J. J. Finley

By stacking various two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystals [1] on top of each other, it is possible to create multilayer heterostructures and devices with designed electronic properties [2-5]. However, various adsorbates become trapped…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-06 S. J. Haigh , A. Gholinia , R. Jalil , S. Romani , L. Britnell , D. C. Elias , K. S. Novoselov , L. A. Ponomarenko , A. K. Geim , R. Gorbachev

Heterostructures of atomically-thin materials have attracted significant interest owing to their ability to host novel electronic properties fundamentally distinct from their constituent layers. In the case of graphene on boron nitride, the…

Moir\'e patterns formed by stacking atomically-thin van der Waals crystals with a relative twist angle can give rise to dramatic new physical properties. The study of moir\'e materials has so far been limited to structures comprising no…

Van der Waals materials enable the construction of atomically sharp interfaces between compounds with distinct crystal and electronic properties. This is dramatically exploited in moir\'e systems, where a lattice mismatch or twist between…

Formation of moir\'{e} superlattices is common in Van der Waals heterostructures as a result of the mismatch between lattice constants and misalignment of crystallographic directions of the constituent two-dimensional crystals. We discuss…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 D. J. Leech , J. J. P. Thompson , M. Mucha-Kruczyński

Vertical van der Waals heterostructures of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides realize moir\'e systems with rich correlated electron phases and moir\'e exciton phenomena. For material combinations with small lattice mismatch and…

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