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Moir\'e heterobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) emerge as an ideal system for simulating the single-band Hubbard model and interesting correlated phases have been observed in these systems. Nevertheless, the moir\'e bands in…
Spatial control of topology is highly desirable for realizing tunable quantum functionalities in materials. Moir\'e superlattices formed by twisting van der Waals heterostructures provide a natural platform for spatially modulated…
Twisted bilayer MoTe2 is a prototypical moire material in which long-wavelength superlattices amplify electron correlations, enabling a wealth of emergent quantum phases. To date, experimental efforts have focused primarily on small twist…
Long-lived interlayer excitons with distinct spin-valley physics in van der Waals heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides make them promising for information processing in next-generation devices. While the emission…
Heavy fermion systems, traditionally realized in rare-earth compounds with limited tunability, have hindered systematic exploration of correlated quantum phenomena. Here, we introduce a general strategy for engineering heavy fermions in…
The deposition of a two-dimensional material on the surface of a three-dimensional crystal can generate superlattices with electronic properties modified through the proximity spin-orbit effect. In this study, we found that Kekul\'e…
We present a general method to analyze the topological nature of the domain boundary connectivity that appeared in relaxed moir\'e superlattice patterns at the interface of 2-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials. At large enough…
In long-wavelength moir\'e superlattices of stacked transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), structural reconstruction ubiquitously occurs, which has reported to impact significantly their electronic properties. However, complete…
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…
Two-dimensional materials on metallic surfaces or stacked one on top of the other can form a variety of moir\'e superstructures depending on the possible parameter and symmetry mismatch and misorientation angle. In most cases, such as…
The formation of flat electronic bands from long-wavelength superperiodic moir\'e potentials in van der Waals heterostructures underpins the creation and control of a host of highly-tuneable correlated and topological phases. The underlying…
A periodic spatial modulation, as created by a moir\'e pattern, has been extensively studied with the view to engineer and tune the properties of graphene. Graphene encapsulated by hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) when slightly misaligned with…
The investigation of excitons in van-der-Waals heterostructures has led to profound insights into the interplay of crystal symmetries and fundamental effects of light-matter coupling. In particular, the polarization selection rules in…
The localisation of electrons in a lattice potential is an quantum-mechanical phenomenon and is often associated with remarkable physical properties of solids involving electron spins, electric polarisations and topological effects. In…
We explore the flatness of conduction and valence bands of interlayer excitons in MoS$_2$/WSe$_2$ van der Waals heterobilayers, tuned by interlayer twist angle, pressure, and external electric field. We employ an efficient continuum model…
In twisted homobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides, intra- and inter-layer valley excitons hybridize with the layer configurations spatially varying in the moir\'e. The ground state valley excitons are trapped at two high-symmetry…
Stacking variations in quasi-2D materials can have an important influence on material properties, such as changing the topology of the band structure. Unfortunately, the weakness of van der Waals interactions makes it difficult to compute…
We report the epitaxial growth of PdTe$_2$ ultrathin films on topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$. A prominent Moir\'e pattern was observed in STM measurements. The Moir\'e periodicity increases as film thickness decreases, indicating a…
We introduce trilayer and multilayer moir\'e heterostructures that cannot be viewed from the ``moir\'e-of-moir\'e" perspective of helically-twisted trilayer graphene. These ``intrinsically trilayer" moir\'e systems feature periodic…
The promise of high-density and low-energy-consumption devices motivates the search for layered structures that stabilize chiral spin textures such as topologically protected skyrmions. At the same time, layered structures provide a new…