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Moir\'e superlattice in twisted bilayer graphene has been proven to be a versatile platform for exploring exotic quantum phases. Extensive investigations have been invoked focusing on the zero-magnetic-field phase diagram at the magic twist…

Two-dimensional systems with flat bands support correlated phases such as superconductivity and charge fractionalization. While twisted moire systems like twisted bilayer graphene have revealed such states, they remain complex to control.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Elias Andrade , Alejandro Jimeno-Pozo , Pierre A. Pantaleon , Francisco Guinea , Gerardo G. Naumis

The electronic properties of van der Waals (vdW) structures can be substantially modified by the moire superlattice potential, which strongly depends on the twist angle among the compounds. In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), two low-energy…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-02 Ya-Ning Ren , Yu Zhang , Yi-Wen Liu , Lin He

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

We investigate how anisotropic strain reorganizes commensurate moir\'e superlattices and electronic structure in twisted bilayer graphene across a finite range of twist angles. Motivated by experiments demonstrating robust magic angle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Ayan Mondal , Bheema Lingam Chittari

Small-twist-angle bilayer graphene supports strongly correlated insulating states and superconductivity. Twisted few-layer graphene systems are likely to open up new directions for strong correlation physics in moir\'e superlattices. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-30 Xiao Li , Fengcheng Wu , Allan H. MacDonald

Motivated by the observation of polarization superlattices in twisted multilayers of hexagonal boron nitride ($h$-BN), we address the possibility of using these heterostructures for tailoring the properties of multilayer graphene by means…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-29 Marta Brzezińska , Oleg V. Yazyev

We consider twisted bilayer and trilayer graphene in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and explore the physics of Moir\'e spintronics. The electronic charge density has a sharp step right at the magic angles $\theta_m$. As a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Yshai Avishai , Yehuda Band

The recently demonstrated unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) opens the possibility for interesting applications of two-dimensional layers that involve correlated electron states. Here we explore the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-30 Stephen Carr , Shiang Fang , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero , Efthimios Kaxiras

The recent advent of artificial structures has triggered the emergence of fascinating phenomena that could not exist in natural compounds. A prime example is twisted multilayers, i.e., moir\'e superlattices represented by magic-angle…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-13 Shun Asano , Youichi Yanase

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), with rotational misalignment close to 1.1$^\circ$, features isolated flat electronic bands that host a rich phase diagram of correlated insulating, superconducting, ferromagnetic, and topological…

Moir\'e superlattices formed from twisting trilayers of graphene are an ideal model for studying electronic correlation, and offer several advantages over bilayer analogues, including more robust and tunable superconductivity and a wide…

Moir\'e lattices provide a highly tunable platform for exploring the interplay between electronic correlations and band topology. Introducing a second moir\'e pattern extends this paradigm: interference between the two moir\'e patterns…

The electronic properties of two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures can be dramatically altered by varying the relative angle between the layers. This makes it theoretically possible to realize a new class of twistable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-03 Rebeca Ribeiro-Palau , Changjian Zhang , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , James Hone , Cory R. Dean

Here we study the evolution of local electronic properties of a twisted graphene bilayer induced by a strain and a high curvature. The strain and curvature strongly affect the local band structures of the twisted graphene bilayer; the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Wei Yan , Wen-Yu He , Zhao-Dong Chu , Mengxi Liu , Lan Meng , Rui-Fen Dou , Yanfeng Zhang , Zhongfan Liu , Jia-Cai Nie , Lin He

'Magic'-angle twisted bilayer graphene has received a lot of interest due to its flat bands with potentially non-trivial topology that lead to intricate correlated phases. A spectrum with flat bands, however, does not require a twist…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Anastasiia Skurativska , Stepan S. Tsirkin , Fabian D Natterer , Titus Neupert , Mark H Fischer

We study the effect of atomic relaxation on the structure of moir\'e patterns in twisted graphene on graphite and double layer graphene by large scale atomistic simulations. The reconstructed structure can be described as a superlattice of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 M. M. van Wijk , A. Schuring , M. I. Katsnelson , A. Fasolino

We present a multi-scale density functional theory (DFT) informed molecular dynamics and tight-binding (TB) approach to capture the interdependent atomic and electronic structures of twisted bilayer graphene. We calibrate the flat band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-17 Nicolas Leconte , Srivani Javvaji , Jiaqi An , Appalakondaiah Samudrala , Jeil Jung

The interlayer coupling of twisted bilayer graphene could markedly affect its electronic band structure. A current challenge required to overcome in experiment is how to precisely control the coupling and therefore tune the electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-07 Lan Meng , Wei Yan , Zhao-Dong Chu , Yanfeng Zhang , Lei Feng , Rui-Fen Dou , Jia-Cai Nie , Lin He

We theoretically investigate atomic frustrated states in diatomic molecules hosted by the bilayer graphene setup twisted by the first magic angle and with broken inversion symmetry in the Dirac cones of the system mini Brillouin zones. Such…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-10-12 W. N. Mizobata , J. E. Sanches , M. Penha , W. C. Silva , C. A. Carvalho , M. S. Figueira , M. de Souza , A. C. Seridonio