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Two-dimensional (2D) metallic altermagnets present exciting opportunities for both fundamental research and practical innovations. Their ability to enhance tunneling magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions, combined with the direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Raghottam M. Sattigeri , Xujia Gong , Amar Fakhredine , Carmine Autieri , Giuseppe Cuono

We formulate the chiral decomposition rules that govern the electronic structure of a broad family of twisted $N+M$ multilayer graphene configurations that combine arbitrary stacking order and a mutual twist. We show that at the magic angle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 ShengNan Zhang , Bo Xie , QuanSheng Wu , Jianpeng Liu , Oleg V. Yazyev

Twisted van der Waals heterostructures provide a platform for studying a wide range of electron correlation phenomena, including unconventional superconductivity and correlated insulating states. However, fabricating such devices is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-30 Hyeon-Woo Jeong , Jiho Kim , Boknam Chae , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Gil-Ho Lee

The introduction of 'twist' or relative rotation between two atomically thin van der Waals (vdW) membranes gives rise to periodic Moire potential, leading to a substantial altercation of the band structure of the planar assembly. While most…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Phanibhusan S Mahapatra , Bhaskar Ghawri , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Subroto Mukerjee , Arindam Ghosh

In this work we demonstrate that a free-standing van der Waals heterostructure, usually regarded as a flat object, can exhibit an intrinsic buckled atomic structure resulting from the interaction between two layers with a small lattice…

Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) provide a versatile platform for quantum electronics. Experiments generally require encapsulating graphene within hBN flakes, forming a protective van der…

The use of high quality hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as a dielectric material has made possible the realization of graphene devices with very high mobility. In addition hBN can be made as thin as few atomic layers and, as recently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-30 Junhua Zhang , E. Rossi

Combining atomically-thin van der Waals materials into heterostructures provides a powerful path towards the creation of designer electronic devices. The interaction strength between neighboring layers, most easily controlled through their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-27 Matthew Yankowitz , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , Pablo San-Jose , Brian J. LeRoy

Crystallographic alignment between two-dimensional crystals in van der Waals heterostructures brought a number of profound physical phenomena, including observation of Hofstadter butterfly and topological currents, and promising novel…

We directly measure the electronic structure of twisted graphene/MoS2 van der Waals heterostructures, in which both graphene and MoS2 are monolayers. We use cathode lens microscopy and microprobe angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy…

We study surface states and domain wall bound states in altermagnets using a rutile-lattice tight-binding model of electrons coupled to a N\'eel order. We discover that two symmetry-protected Weyl nodal lines in the bulk band structure can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Sopheak Sorn

Magnetic van der Waals materials are an important building block to realize spintronic functionalities in heterostructures of two-dimensional (2D) materials. Yet, establishing their magnetic and electronic properties and the…

Twisted graphene multilayers have demonstrated to yield a versatile playground to engineer controllable electronic states. Here, by combining first-principles calculations and low-energy models, we demonstrate that twisted graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla , J. L. Lado

We theoretically propose a second-order topological magnon insulator by stacking the van der Waals honeycomb ferromagnets with antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling. The system exhibits Z$_{2}$ topological phase, protected by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 Yun-Mei Li , Ya-Jie Wu , Xi-Wang Luo , Yongwei Huang , Kai Chang

Electron-electron interactions play an important role in graphene and related systems and can induce exotic quantum states, especially in a stacked bilayer with a small twist angle. For bilayer graphene where the two layers are twisted by a…

Charge transfer is a common phenomenon in van der Waals heterostructures with proper work function mismatch, which enables electrostatic gating to control band alignment and interlayer charge distributions. This provides a tunable platform…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-16 Yanran Shi , Min Li , Xin Lu , Jianpeng Liu

Van der Waals heterostructures comprise a new class of artificial materials formed by stacking atomically-thin planar crystals. Here, we demonstrate band structure engineering of a van der Waals heterostructure composed of a monolayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-22 B. Hunt , J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi , A. F. Young , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , P. Moon , M. Koshino , P. Jarillo-Herrero , R. C. Ashoori

Moire superlattices formed in van der Waals heterostructures due to twisting, lattice mismatch and strain present an opportunity for creating novel metamaterials with unique properties not present in the individual layers themselves.…

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

Low-dimensional electronic systems have traditionally been obtained by electrostatically confining electrons, either in heterostructures or in intrinsically nanoscale materials such as single molecules, nanowires, and graphene. Recently, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-12 A. F. Young , J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi , B. Hunt , S. H. Choi , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , R. C. Ashoori , P. Jarillo-Herrero