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Magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (MATTG) has emerged as a novel moir\'e material that exhibits both strong electronic correlations and unconventional superconductivity. However, spectroscopic studies of its electronic properties are…

We investigate the competition between acoustic-phonon-mediated superconductivity and the long-range Coulomb interaction in moir\'eless graphene multilayers, specifically, Bernal bilayer graphene, rhombohedral trilayer graphene, and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-07-11 Yang-Zhi Chou , Fengcheng Wu , Jay D. Sau , Sankar Das Sarma

The relative twist angle in heterostructures of two-dimensional (2D) materials with similar lattice constants result in a dramatic alteration of the electronic properties. Here, we investigate the electrical and magnetotransport properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Manabendra Kuiri , Saurabh Kumar Srivastav , Sujay Ray , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Tanmoy Das , Anindya Das

The origin of superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene -- whether phonon-driven or electron-driven -- remains unresolved, in part due to the absence of a quantitative and efficient model for electron-phonon coupling (EPC). In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Ziyan Zhu , Thomas P. Devereaux

Recent theory has demonstrated that the value of the electron-phonon coupling strength $\lambda$ can be extracted directly from the thermal attenuation (Debye-Waller factor) of Helium atom scattering reflectivity. This theory is here…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-04-21 G. Benedek , J. R. Manson , S. Miret-Artés

Motivated by the observation of two distinct superconducting phases in the moir\'eless ABC-stacked rhombohedral trilayer graphene, we investigate the electron-acoustic-phonon coupling as a possible pairing mechanism. We predict the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-10-26 Yang-Zhi Chou , Fengcheng Wu , Jay D. Sau , Sankar Das Sarma

Monolayer graphene exhibits many spectacular electronic properties, with superconductivity being arguably the most notable exception. It was theoretically proposed that superconductivity might be induced by enhancing the electron-phonon…

The attempt to understand cuprate superconductors is complicated by the presence of multiple strong interactions. While many believe that antiferromagnetism is important for the superconductivity, there has been revived interest in the role…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Reznik , L. Pintschovius , M. Ito , S. Iikubo , M. Sato , H. Goka , M. Fujita , K. Yamada , G. D. Gu , J. M. Tranquada

We report on a double moir\'e system consisting of four graphene layers, where the top and bottom pairs form small-twist-angle bilayer graphene, and the middle interface has a large rotational mismatch. This system shows clear signatures of…

The interplay between substrate interactions and electron-phonon coupling in two-dimensional (2D) materials presents a significant challenge in understanding and controlling their electronic properties. Here, we present a comparative study…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-15 Amjad Al Taleb , Wen Wan , Giorgio Benedek , Miguel M. Ugeda , Daniel Farías

The discovery of superconductivity in twisted bilayer and twisted trilayer graphene has generated tremendous interest. The key feature of these systems is an interplay between interlayer coupling and a moir\'e superlattice that gives rise…

Superconductivity in flatband systems has attracted tremendous attention in condensed matter physics. Alternating twisted multilayer graphene presents a compelling multiband system, with a coexistence of Dirac bands and flat bands, for…

Twisted trilayer graphene is a particularly promising moir\'e superlattice system, due to its tunability, strong superconductivity, and complex electronic symmetry breaking. Motivated by these properties, we study lattice relaxation and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-23 Rhine Samajdar , Yanting Teng , Mathias S. Scheurer

In this work, we present a theoretical research on the lattice relaxations, phonon properties, and relaxed electronic structures in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG). We construct a continuum elastic model in order to study the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Bo Xie , Jianpeng Liu

The recent discovery of correlated insulator states and superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has paved the way to the experimental investigation of electronic correlations in tunable flat band systems realized in…

First-principles studies of the electron-phonon coupling in graphene predict a high coupling strength for the $\sigma$ band with $\lambda$ values of up to 0.9. Near the top of the $\sigma$ band, $\lambda$ is found to be $\approx 0.7$. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-28 Federico Mazzola , Thomas Frederiksen , Thiagarajan Balasubramanian , Philip Hofmann , Bo Hellsing , Justin W. Wells

Tailoring electron transfer dynamics across solid-liquid interfaces is fundamental to the interconversion of electrical and chemical energy. Stacking atomically thin layers with a very small azimuthal misorientation to produce moir\'e…

It was recently suggested that the topology of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene's (MATBG) flat bands could provide a novel mechanism for superconductivity distinct from both weakly-coupled BCS theory and the $d$-wave phenomenology of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-27 Shubhayu Chatterjee , Matteo Ippoliti , Michael P. Zaletel

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) provides us with a large rotational freedom to explore new physics and novel device applications, but many of its basic properties remain unresolved. Here we report the synthesis and systematic Raman study of…

It is a matter of current debate whether the gate-tunable superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene is phonon-mediated or arises from electron-electron interactions. The recent observation of the strong coupling of electrons to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-20 Glenn Wagner , Yves H. Kwan , Nick Bultinck , Steven H. Simon , S. A. Parameswaran