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Magic angle twisted trilayer graphene (TTG) has recently emerged as a new platform to engineer strongly correlated flat bands. Here, we reveal the structural and electronic properties of TTG using low temperature scanning tunneling…

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) develops large moir\'e patterns at small twist angles with flat energy bands hosting domes of superconductivity. The large system size and intricate band structure have however hampered investigations into the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-07-19 Tomas Löthman , Johann Schmidt , Fariborz Parhizgar , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We consider the superconducting and Mott-insulating states for the twisted bilayer graphene, modeled as two narrow-band system of electrons with appreciable intraatomic Coulomb interactions. The interaction induces kinetic exchange which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-29 Maciej Fidrysiak , Michał Zegrodnik , Józef Spałek

Stackings in graphene have a pivotal role in properties to be discussed in the future, as seen in the recently found superconductivity of twisted bilayer graphene. Beyond bilayer graphene, the stacking order of multilayer graphene can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-12 Raúl Guerrero-Avilés , Marta Pelc , Fabian Geisenhof , Thomas Weitz , Andrés Ayuela

Large scale two-dimensional (2D) moir\'e superlattices are driving a revolution in designer quantum materials. The electronic interactions in these superlattices, strongly dependent on the periodicity and symmetry of the moir\'e pattern,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 M. Kögl , P. Soubelet , M. Brotons-Gisbert , A. V. Stier , B. D. Gerardot , J. J. Finley

Motivated by the recently experimental reported signatures of the tunable Mott insulating state and superconductivity in an ABC graphene trilayer superlattice, we investigate the charge compressibility, the spin correlation, and the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-07-09 Huijia Dai , Junchen Hou , Xiao Zhang , Ying Liang , Tianxing Ma

We investigate how anisotropic strain reorganizes commensurate moir\'e superlattices and electronic structure in twisted bilayer graphene across a finite range of twist angles. Motivated by experiments demonstrating robust magic angle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Ayan Mondal , Bheema Lingam Chittari

We study the electronic and topological properties of fully relaxed twisted bilayer (TBG) and double bilayer (TDBG) graphene under perpendicular pressure. An approach has been proposed to obtain the equilibrium in-plane structural…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-20 Xianqing Lin , Haotian Zhu , Jun Ni

Twisted bilayer graphene exhibits isolated, relatively flat electronic bands near charge neutrality when the interlayer rotation is tuned to specific magic angles. These small misalignments, typically below 1.1{\deg}, result in long-period…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Antonio Palamara , Michele Pisarra , Antonello Sindona

A scalable tight-binding model is applied for large-scale quantum transport calculations in clean graphene subject to electrostatic superlattice potentials, including two types of graphene superlattices: moir\'e patterns due to the stacking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Szu-Chao Chen , Rainer Kraft , Romain Danneau , Klaus Richter , Ming-Hao Liu

We develop an analytical theory for lattice relaxation in twisted moir\'e heterobilayers, accounting for lattice mismatch, twist, external biaxial heterostrain, and different elastic constants. Starting from continuum elasticity, we derive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Christophe De Beule , Yiyang Lai , Liangtao Peng , Daniel Bennett , Shaffique Adam

Moir\'e superlattices formed at the interface between stacked two-dimensional atomic crystals offer limitless opportunities to design materials with widely tunable properties and engineer intriguing quantum phases of matter. However,…

We present a systematic classification and analysis of possible pairing instabilities in graphene-based moir\'e superlattices. Motivated by recent experiments on twisted double-bilayer graphene showing signs of triplet superconductivity, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-21 Mathias S. Scheurer , Rhine Samajdar

The interlayer coupling can be used to engineer the electronic structure of van der Waals heterostructures (superlattices) to obtain properties that are not possible in a single material. So far research in heterostructures has been focused…

Moir\'e superlattices constitute a versatile platform to investigate emergent phenomena arising from the interplay of strong correlations and topology, while offering flexible in situ tunability. However, the fabrication of such moir\'e…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Shuwen Sun , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

In recent years twisted bi-layers of 2D materials became very popular in the field due to the possibility to totally change their electronic properties by simple rotation. At the same time, in the wide field of photonic crystals, this idea…

We construct an analytic continuum model to describe the electronic structure and the electron-phonon interaction in twisted bilayer graphenes with arbitrary lattice deformation. Starting from the tight-binding model, we derive the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Mikito Koshino , Nguyen N. T. Nam

Moir{\'e} heterostructures, created by stacking two-dimensional (2D) materials together with a finite lattice mismatch or rotational twist, represent a new frontier of designer quantum materials. Typically, however, this requires the…

It is now well established theoretically and experimentally that a moir\'e pattern, due to a rotation of two atomic layers with respect to each other, creates low-energy flat bands. First discovered in twisted bilayer graphene, these new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Somepalli Venkateswarlu , Ahmed Misssaoui , Andreas Honecker , Guy Trambly de Laissardière

The folding of monolayer graphene leads to new layered systems, termed twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), generally displaying a certain interlayer rotation away from crystallographic alignment. We here present an atomic force microscopy study…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-30 Johannes C. Rode , Christopher Belke , Hennrik Schmidt , Rolf J. Haug