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The emergence of flat electronic bands and of the recently discovered strongly correlated and superconducting phases in twisted bilayer graphene crucially depends on the interlayer twist angle upon approaching the magic angle $\theta_M…

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…

We show that the electronic structure of the low-energy bands in the small angle-twisted bilayer graphene consists of a series of semi-metallic and topological phases. In particular we are able to prove, using an approximate low-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Zhida Song , Zhijun Wang , Wujun Shi , Gang Li , Chen Fang , B. Andrei Bernevig

We show that the flat bands in the chiral model of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene remain exactly flat in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. This is shown by an exact mapping between the model and the lowest Landau level…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-29 Yarden Sheffer , Ady Stern

It has recently been shown that quantum-confined states can appear in epitaxially grown van der Waals material heterobilayers without a rotational misalignment ($\theta=0^\circ$), associated with flat bands in the Brillouin zone of the…

We investigate the effects of single, multiple, and extended defects in the form of non-magnetic impurities and vacancies in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at and away from the magic angle, using a fully atomistic model and focusing on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-09 Lucas Baldo , Tomas Löthman , Patric Holmvall , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We present a computational study of the phonon linewidths in twisted bilayer graphene arising from electron-phonon interactions and anharmonic effects. The electronic structure is calculated using distance-dependent transfer integrals based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Shinjan Mandal , Indrajit Maity , H. R. Krishnamurthy , Manish Jain

The recently demonstrated unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) opens the possibility for interesting applications of two-dimensional layers that involve correlated electron states. Here we explore the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-30 Stephen Carr , Shiang Fang , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero , Efthimios Kaxiras

We introduce a complete physical model for the single-particle electronic structure of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), which incorporates the crucial role of lattice relaxation. Our model, based on $k \cdot p$ perturbation theory, combines…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stephen Carr , Shiang Fang , Ziyan Zhu , Efthimios Kaxiras

We analyze the orbital magnetic susceptibility from the band structure of twisted bilayer graphene. Close to charge neutrality, the out-of-plane susceptibility inherits the strong diamagnetic response from graphene. Increasing the doping, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Daniele Guerci , Pascal Simon , Christophe Mora

The structural and electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene are investigated from first principles and tight binding approach as a function of the twist angle (ranging from the first "magic" angle $\theta=1.08^\circ$ to…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-28 G. Cantele , D. Alfè , F. Conte , V. Cataudella , D. Ninno , P. Lucignano

Marginally twisted bilayer graphene having small twist angles is predicted to exhibit unique structural and electronic properties, though experimental characterization remains limited. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we investigate…

Close to a magical angle, twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) systems exhibit isolated flat electronic bands and, accordingly, strong electron localization. TBLGs have hence been ideal platforms to explore superconductivity, correlated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-28 V. Hung Nguyen , D. Paszko , M. Lamparski , B. Van Troeye , V. Meunier , J. -C. Charlier

Recently, artificial moire superlattices of classical waves have aroused tremendous interest, inspired by the newly emergent twistronics that focuses on the peculiar electronic properties induced by flat bands. However, so far, the moire…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-28 Tingzhi Liu , Xingjian Zhang , Qicheng Zhang , Xiying Fan , Fengcheng Wu , Chunyin Qiu

Moir\'{e} systems such as magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene have attracted significant attention due to their ability to host correlated phenomena including superconductivity and strongly correlated insulating states. By defining the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-08 Liangtao Peng , Giovanni Vignale , Shaffique Adam

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) forms a quasicrystal whose structural and electronic properties depend on the angle of rotation between its layers. Here we present a scanning tunneling microscopy study of gate-tunable tBLG devices supported…

We develop a controlled diagrammatic framework for periodic Anderson models,and apply it to heterostrained magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) at charge neutrality using the topological heavy-fermion formulation. Building on…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-29 Eyal Keshet , Yaar Vituri , Erez Berg

The effect of an hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer close aligned with twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) is studied. At sufficiently low angles between twisted bilayer graphene and hBN, $\theta_{hBN} \lesssim 2^\circ$, the graphene electronic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-10-28 Tommaso Cea , Pierre A. Pantaleon , Francisco Guinea

In graphene, charged defects break the electron-hole symmetry and can even give rise to exotic collapse states when the defect charge exceeds a critical value which is proportional to the Fermi velocity. In this work, we investigate the…

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) with its flat bands provides a rich platform for exploring emergent electronic orders. Similarly, periodically buckled monolayer graphene has been proposed as a tunable alternative for realizing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-16 Jannes van Poppelen , Annica M. Black-Schaffer