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We propose a class of graphene-based moir\'e systems hosting flat bands on kagome and honeycomb moir\'e superlattices. These systems are formed by stacking a graphene layer on a 2D substrate with lattice constant approximately $\sqrt{3}$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-18 Michael G. Scheer , Biao Lian

We report on the energy spectrum of electrons in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) obtained by the band-unfolding method in the tight-binding model. We find the band-gap opening at particular points in the reciprocal space, that elucidates…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-08 Hirofumi Nishi , Yu-ichiro Matsushita , Atsushi Oshiyama

Flat-bands play a central role in the presence of correlated phases in Moir\'e and other modulated two dimensional systems. In this work, flat-bands are shown to exist in uniaxially periodic strained graphene. Such strain should be produced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-05 Elias Andrade , Florentino López-Urías , Gerardo G. Naumis

A number of moir\'e graphene systems have nearly flat topological bands where electron motion is strongly correlated. Though microscopically these systems are only quasiperiodic, they can typically be treated as translation invariant to an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Dan Mao , T. Senthil

Flat bands in moir\'e superlattices provide a fertile ground for correlated and topological phases, governed by their quantum geometric properties. While the valley-based paradigm captures key features in select materials, it breaks down in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Xiaoting Zhou , Yi-Chun Hung , Arun Bansil

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene exhibits quasi-flat low-energy bands with Van Hove singularities close to the Fermi level. These singularities play an important role in the exotic phenomena observed in this material, such as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-08 Aleksander Sanjuan Ciepielewski , Jakub Tworzydło , Timo Hyart , Alexander Lau

Twisted van der Waals multilayers are widely regarded as a rich platform to access novel electronic phases, thanks to the multiple degrees of freedom such as layer thickness and twist angle that allow control of their electronic and…

Ferromagnetism is most common in transition metal compounds but may also arise in low-density two-dimensional electron systems, with signatures observed in silicon, III-V semiconductor systems, and graphene moir\'e heterostructures. Here we…

The recent discovery of superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has sparked a renewed interest in the strongly-correlated physics of $sp^2$ carbons, in stark contrast to preliminary investigations which were dominated by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-17 Deepanshu Aggarwal , Rohit Narula , Sankalpa Ghosh

The superlattice of alternating graphene/h-BN few-layered heterostructures is found to exhibit strong dependence on the parity of the number of layers within the stack. Odd-parity systems show a unique flamingo-like pattern, whereas their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Wengen Ouyang , Oded Hod , Michael Urbakh

Stacked graphene multilayers with a small relative twist angle between each of the layers have been found to host flat bands at a series of magic angles. We consider the effect that Dirac point asymmetry between the layers, and in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 Adam Eaton , Yantao Li , Herbert Fertig , Babak Seradjeh

We investigate the electronic structure of the flat bands induced by moir\'e superlattices and electric fields in nearly aligned ABC trilayer graphene-boron nitride interfaces where Coulomb effects can lead to correlated gapped phases. Our…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-09 Bheema Lingam Chittari , Guorui Chen , Yuanbo Zhang , Feng Wang , Jeil Jung

Electronic structures and their Landau quantizations in twisted graphene bilayer and trilayer are investigated using scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy. In the twisted trilayer, the top graphene layer and second layer are AB…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-09 Long-Jing Yin , Jia-Bin Qiao , Wei Yan , Rui Xu , Rui-Fen Dou , Jia-Cai Nie , Lin He

Van der Waals heterostructures have recently emerged as an exciting platform for investigating the effects of strong electronic correlations, including various forms of magnetic or electrical orders. Here, we perform an unbiased exact…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-15 Ahmed Abouelkomsan , Emil J. Bergholtz , Shubhayu Chatterjee

Two-dimensional atomic crystals can radically change their properties in response to external influences such as substrate orientation or strain, resulting in essentially new materials in terms of the electronic structure. A striking…

The unexpected discovery of superconductivity and strong electron correlation in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), a system containing only sp electrons, is considered as one of the most intriguing developments in two-dimensional materials in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Wei-Chen Wang , Feng-Wu Chen , Kuan-Sen Lin , Justin T. Hou , Ho-Chun Lin , Mei-Yin Chou

Mechanism of superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) remains one of the central problems in correlated moir\'e materials. The most intriguing question is about the nature of the normal state: is the Cooper pair formed from small…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-18 Jing-Yu Zhao , Ya-Hui Zhang

Twisted bilayer graphene with a twist angle of around 1.1{\deg} features a pair of isolated flat electronic bands and forms a strongly correlated electronic platform. Here, we use scanning tunneling microscopy to probe local properties of…

The stacking and bending of graphene are trivial but extremely powerful agents of control over graphene's manifold physics. By changing the twist angle, one can drive the system over a plethora of exotic states via strong electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Jana Vejpravova , Barbara Pacakova , Mildred S. Dresselhaus , Jing Kong , Martin Kalbac

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) provides a fascinating platform for engineering flat bands and inducing correlated phenomena. By designing the stacking architecture of graphene layers, twisted multilayer graphene can exhibit different…