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We show that the twisted graphene bilayer can reveal unusual topological properties at low energies, as a consequence of a Dirac-point splitting. These features rely on a symmetry analysis of the electron hopping between the two layers of…
Turbostratic multilayer graphene, composed of randomly twisted and stacked graphene sheets, offers a naturally disordered yet tunable platform for exploring moir\'e physics beyond tedious artificial stacking. Using scanning tunneling…
In the vicinity of the magic angle in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), the two low-energy van Hove singularities (VHSs) become exceedingly narrow1-10 and many exotic correlated states, such as superconductivity, ferromagnetism, and…
The emergence of flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene leads to an enhancement of interaction effects, and thus to insulating and superconducting phases at low temperatures, even though the exact mechanism is still widely debated. The…
We report on the interplay between a van Hove singularity and a charge density wave state in 2H-TaSe$_{2}$. We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to investigate changes in the Fermi surface of this material under surface doping…
Motivated by recent discovery of correlated insulating and superconducting behavior in twisted bilayer graphene, we revisit graphene's honeycomb lattice doped close to the van Hove singularity, using the truncated unity functional…
Starting with twisted bilayer graphene, graphene-based moir\'e materials have recently been established as a new platform for studying strong electron correlations. In this paper, we study twisted graphene monolayers on trilayer graphene…
The discovery of correlated electronic phases, including Mott-like insulators and superconductivity, in twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) near the magic angle, and the intriguing similarity of their phenomenology to that of the…
Motivated by measurements of compressibility and STM spectra in twisted bilayer graphene, we analyze the pattern of symmetry breaking for itinerant fermions near a van Hove singularity. Making use of an approximate SU(4) symmetry of the…
We propose helical trilayer graphene (HTG), a helical structure featuring identical rotation angles $\theta\approx 1.5^\circ$ between three consecutive layers of graphene, as a unique and experimentally accessible platform for realizing…
The discovery of magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (tTLG) adds a new twist to the family of graphene moir\'e. The additional graphene layer unlocks a series of intriguing properties in the superconducting phase, such as the violation of…
Helical twisted trilayer graphene exhibits zero-energy flat bands with large degeneracy in the chiral limit. The flat bands emerge at a discrete set of magic twist angles and feature properties intrinsically distinct from those realized in…
Superconductivity (SC) in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) has been explored by varying carrier concentrations, twist angles, and screening strength, with the aim of uncovering its origin and possible connections to strong electronic…
This study theoretically investigates the contact conductance in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), providing a theoretical explanation for recent experimental observations from scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and conductive atomic force…
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and electron-electron interaction can mutually influence each other and give rise to a plethora of intriguing phenomena in condensed matter systems. In pristine bilayer graphene, which has weak SOC, intrinsic…
The assembling of twisted stacks of van der Waals (vdW) materials had led to the discovery of a profusion of remarkable physical phenomena in recent years, as it provides a means to accurately control and harness electronic band structures.…
We model the newly synthesized magic-angle twisted bilayer-graphene superconductor with two $p_{x,y}$-like Wannier orbitals on the superstructure honeycomb lattice, where the hopping integrals are constructed via the Slater-Koster formulism…
Experiments on twisted double bilayer tungsten diselenide have demonstrated that moir'e semiconductors can realize a relativistic Mott transition, i.e., a quantum phase transition from a Dirac semimetal to a correlated insulating state, by…
We observe that H$_3$S has a bcc structure and, with nearest neighbour hopping only, a strong singularity occurs at zero energy. This singularity is accompanied with a highly nested Fermi surface, which is {\it not} conducive to a stable…
We study quantum phase transitions in graphene superlattices in external magnetic fields, where a framework is presented to classify multiflavor Dirac fermion critical points describing hopping tuned topological phase transitions of integer…