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We use stochastic expansion and exact diagonalization to study the magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) on a disordered substrate. We show that the substrate-induced strong Coulomb disorder in TBG with the chemical potential at the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-08-09 Chenan Wei , Tigran A. Sedrakyan

The ongoing discoveries of graphene-based superconductors underscore the quest to understand the structure of new superconducting orders. We develop a theory that facilitates the use of the quantum twisting microscope (QTM) for that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-30 Nemin Wei , Felix von Oppen , Leonid I. Glazman

Recent experiments on twisted bilayer graphene (tBG) close to magic angle show that a small relative rotation in a van der Waals heterostructure greatly alters its electronic properties. We consider various scattering mechanisms and show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 I. Yudhistira , N. Chakraborty , G. Sharma , D. Y. H. Ho , E. Laksono , O. P. Sushkov , G. Vignale , S. Adam

Recently twisted bilayer graphene (t-BLG) emerges as a new strongly correlated physical platform near a magic twist angle, which hosts many exciting phenomena such as the Mott-like insulating phases, unconventional superconducting behavior…

The dominance of Coulomb interactions over kinetic energy of electrons in narrow, non-trivial moir\'{e} bands of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) gives rise to a variety of correlated phases such as correlated insulators,…

Twisted van der Waals materials have become a paradigmatic platform to realize exotic correlated states of matter. Here, we show that a twisted dichalcogenide bilayer (WSe$_2$) encapsulated between a magnetic van der Waals material…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-17 D. Soriano , J. L. Lado

We theoretically investigate the thermoelectric properties (electronic contribution) of a normal-superconductor (NS) hybrid junction, where the normal region consists of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG). The superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Kamalesh Bera , Pritam Chatterjee , Priyanka Mohan , Arijit Saha

The effective interaction between electrons in two-dimensional materials can be modified by their environment, enabling control of electronic correlations and phases. Here, we study the dependence of electronic correlations in twisted…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-15 Zachary A. H. Goodwin , Valerio Vitale , Fabiano Corsetti , Dmitri K. Efetov , Arash A. Mostofi , Johannes Lischner

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of twisted double bilayer graphene with twist angles between 1{\deg} and 1.35{\deg}. Consistent with moir\'e band structure calculations, we observe insulators at integer moir\'e band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-25 G. William Burg , Jihang Zhu , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Allan H. MacDonald , Emanuel Tutuc

The possibility of triggering correlated phenomena by placing a singularity of the density of states near the Fermi energy remains an intriguing avenue towards engineering the properties of quantum materials. Twisted bilayer graphene is a…

We study strongly correlated superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) using variational Gutzwiller wavefunction where the Gutzwiller projector $\hat{P}_{R}$ is allowed to break charge U(1) symmetry to accommodate…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-09 Matthew Shu Liang , Yi-Jie Wang , Geng-Dong Zhou , Zhi-Da Song , Xi Dai

Divergent density of states offers the unique opportunity to explore a wide variety of correlated electron physics. In the thinnest limit, this has been predicted and verified in the ultra-flat bands of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-15 Anna M. Seiler , Fabian R. Geisenhof , Felix Winterer , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Tianyi Xu , Fan Zhang , R. Thomas Weitz

The coupling of mechanical deformation and electrical stimuli at the nanoscale has been a subject of intense investigation in the realm of materials science. Recently, twisted van der Waals (vdW) materials have emerged as a platform to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Hanhao Zhang , Yuanhao Wei , Yuhao Li , Shengsheng Lin , Jiarui Wang , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Jiangyu Li , Yi Shi , Xinran Wang , Yan Shi , Zaiyao Fei

Understanding the coexistence, competition and/or cooperation between superconductivity and charge density waves (CDWs) in the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is an elusive goal which, when realized, promises to reveal fundamental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-15 Ang J. Li , Xiaochen Zhu , G. R. Stewart , Arthur F. Hebard

When twisted to angles near 1{\deg}, graphene multilayers provide a new window on electron correlation physics by hosting gate-tuneable strongly-correlated states, including insulators, superconductors, and unusual magnets. Here we report…

Van der Waals (vdW) coupling is emerging as a powerful method to engineer and tailor physical properties of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials. In graphene/graphene and graphene/boron-nitride structures it leads to interesting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Kaihui Liu , Liming Zhang , Ting Cao , Chenhao Jin , Diana Qiu , Qin Zhou , Alex Zettl , Peidong Yang , Steve G. Louie , Feng Wang

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) near "magic angles" has emerged as a rich platform for strongly correlated states of two-dimensional Dirac semimetals. Here we show that twisted bilayers of thin-film magnetic topological insulators (MTI) with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Gaurav Chaudhary , Anton A. Burkov , Olle G. Heinonen

The recently observed unconventional ferroelectricity in AB bilayer graphene sandwiched by hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) presents a new platform to manipulate correlated phases in multilayered van der Waals heterostructures. We present a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Ziyan Zhu , Stephen Carr , Qiong Ma , Efthimios Kaxiras

When two graphene sheets are twisted relative to each other by a small angle, enhanced correlations lead to superconductivity whose origin remains under debate. Here, we derive some general constraints on superconductivity in twisted…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-07-25 Eslam Khalaf , Patrick Ledwith , Ashvin Vishwanath

For the first time, basing both on experimental facts and our theoretical consideration, we show that Fermi systems with flat bands should be tuned with the superconducting state. Experimental measurements on magic-angle twisted bilayer…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-05-16 V. R. Shaginyan , A. Z. Msezane , M. Ya. Amusia , G. S. Japaridze