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We predict that in a twisted homobilayer of transition-metal dichalcogenide MoS$_2$, spin-orbit coupling in the conduction band states from $\pm K$ valleys can give rise to moir\'{e} flat bands with nonzero Chern numbers in each valley. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-21 Benjamin T. Zhou , Shannon Egan , Marcel Franz

Twisted bilayer systems with discrete magic angles, such as twisted bilayer graphene featuring moir\'{e} superlattices, provide a versatile platform for exploring novel physical properties. Here, we discover a class of superflat bands in…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-31 Hongfei Wang , Shaojie Ma , Shuang Zhang , Dangyuan Lei

Moir\'e superlattices engineer band properties and enable observation of fractal energy spectra of Hofstadter butterfly. Recently, correlated-electron physics hosted by flat bands in small-angle moir\'e systems has been at the foreground.…

Moire superlattices are twisted bilayer materials, in which the tunable interlayer quantum confinement offers access to new physics and novel device functionalities. Previously, moire superlattices were built exclusively using materials…

Twisted homobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides - specifically twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ and twisted bilayer WSe$_2$ - have recently emerged as a versatile platform for strongly correlated and topological phases of matter. These…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-10 Bohao Li , Wen-Xuan Qiu , Fengcheng Wu , A. H. MacDonald

The stacking order and twist angle provide abundant opportunities for engineering band structures of two-dimensional materials, including the formation of moire bands, flat bands, and topologically nontrivial bands. The inversion symmetry…

Twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ near two-degree twists has emerged as a platform for exotic correlated topological phases, including ferromagnetism and a non-Abelian fractional spin Hall insulator. Here we reveal the unexpected emergence of an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-16 Cheong-Eung Ahn , Donghae Seo , Gyeoul Lee , Youngwook Kim , Gil Young Cho

Lattice reconstruction in twisted transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers gives rise to piezo- and ferroelectric moir\'e potentials for electrons and holes, as well as a modulation of the hybridisation across the bilayer. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-30 S. J. Magorrian , V. V. Enaldiev , V. Zólyomi , Fábio Ferreira , Vladimir I. Fal'ko , David A. Ruiz-Tijerina

Moir\'e patterns are known to confine electronic states in transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers, thus generalizing the notion of magic angles discovered in twisted bilayer graphene to semiconductors. Here, we present a revised…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-12 Somepalli Venkateswarlu , Andreas Honecker , Guy Trambly de Laissardière

Moir\'e heterobilayers exhibiting spatially varying band alignment and electron and hole localization that can be precisely controlled through the twist angle have emerged as exciting platforms for studying complex quantum phenomena. While…

1$T$-TaS$_2$ is the only insulating transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) with an odd number of electrons per unit cell. This insulating state is non-magnetic, making it a potential spin-liquid candidate. The unusual electronic behavior…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-28 Amir Dalal , Jonathan Ruhman , Jörn W. F. Venderbos

We investigate the moir\'e band structures and the strong correlation effects in twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ for a wide range of twist angles, employing a combination of various techniques. Using large-scale first principles calculations, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-03-04 Cheng Xu , Jiangxu Li , Yong Xu , Zhen Bi , Yang Zhang

We investigate the topological properties of Floquet-engineered twisted bilayer graphene above the magic angle driven by circularly polarized laser pulses. Employing a full Moir\'e-unit-cell tight-binding Hamiltonian based on…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-30 Gabriel E. Topp , Gregor Jotzu , James W. McIver , Lede Xian , Angel Rubio , Michael A. Sentef

According to electronic structure theory, bilayer graphene is expected to have anomalous electronic properties when it has long-period moir\'e patterns produced by small misalignments between its individual layer honeycomb lattices. We have…

Moir\'e superlattices in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterostructures can host novel correlated quantum phenomena due to the interplay of narrow moir\'e flat bands and strong, long-range Coulomb interactions1-5. However,…

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers with an interlayer twist exhibit a moire super-period, whose effects can manifest in both structural and electronic properties. Atomic displacements can lead to reconstruction into domains of…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-23 Madeleine Phillips , C. Stephen Hellberg

In twisted bilayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), a combination of structural rippling and electronic coupling gives rise to periodic moir\'e potentials that can confine charged and neutral excitations. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-04 Sara Shabani , Dorri Halbertal , Wenjing Wu , Mingxing Chen , Song Liu , James Hone , Wang Yao , Dmitri N. Basov , Xiaoyang Zhu , Abhay N. Pasupathy

Two-dimensional (2D) bilayers, twisted to particular angles to display electronic flat bands, are being extensively explored for physics of strongly correlated 2D systems. However, the similar rich physics of one-dimensional (1D) strongly…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-06 Sunny Gupta , Henry Yu , Boris I. Yakobson

In a groundbreaking experimental advance it was recently shown that by stacking two sheets of graphene atop of each other at a twist angle close to one of the so called "magic angles", an effective two-dimensional correlated system emerges.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Lede Xian , Dante M. Kennes , Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean , Massimo Altarelli , Angel Rubio

In twisted bilayer graphene, long-wavelength lattice fluctuations on the scale of the moir\'e period are dominated by phason modes, i.e., acoustic branches of the incommensurate lattice resulting from coherent superpositions of optical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-30 Héctor Ochoa