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Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images are obtained for the first time on few layer and twisted multilayer epitaxial graphene states synthesized on n+ 6H-SiC a-plane non-polar surface. The twisted graphene is determined to have a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 P. Xu , M. L. Ackerman , S. D. Barber , J. K. Schoelz , P. M. Thibado , V. D. Wheeler , L. O. Nyakiti , R. L. Myers-Ward , C. R. Eddy , D. K. Gaskill

In stacks of two-dimensional crystals, mismatch of their lattice constants and misalignment of crystallographic axes lead to formation of moir\'{e} patterns. We show that moir\'{e} superlattice effects persist in twisted bilayer graphene…

The spatial texture of internal degree of freedom of electrons has profound effects on the properties of materials. Such texture in real space can manifest as an emergent magnetic field (or Berry curvature), which is expected to induce…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-08 Dawei Zhai , Wang Yao

Moire engineering in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides enables access to correlated quantum phenomena. Realizing such effects demands simultaneous control over twist angle and material composition to modulate phonons,…

The supermoir\'e lattice, built by stacking two moir\'e patterns, provides a platform for creating flat mini-bands and studying electron correlations. An ultimate challenge in assembling a graphene supermoir\'e lattice is in the…

Nanoscale tailoring of the optoelectronic response of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides semiconductor layers (TMDs) has been achieved thanks to a novel strain engineering approach based on the grayscale thermal-Scanning Probe Lithography…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 G. Zambito , G. Ferrando , M. Barelli , M. Ceccardi , F. Caglieris , D. Marre , F. Bisio , F. B. de Mongeot , M. C. Giordano

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials can be vertically stacked with van der Waals bonds, which enable interlayer coupling. In the particular case of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers, the relative direction between…

We report the first observation of controlled, strain-induced square moire patterns in stacked graphene. By selectively displacing native wrinkles, we drive a reversible transition from the usual trigonal to square moire order. Scanning…

Twisted graphene bilayers provide a versatile platform to engineer metamaterials with novel emergent properties by exploiting the resulting geometric moir\'{e} superlattice. Such superlattices are known to host bulk valley currents at tiny…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 T. M. R. Wolf , J. L. Lado , G. Blatter , O. Zilberberg

Second-order superlattices form when moir\'e superlattices of similar periodicities interfere with each other, leading to even larger superlattice periodicities. These crystalline structures have been engineered utilizing two-dimensional…

Twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ (tMoTe$_2$) is an emergent platform for exploring exotic quantum phases driven by the interplay between nontrivial band topology and strong electron correlations. Direct experimental access to its momentum-resolved…

In two-dimensional (2D) twisted bilayers, the van der Waals (vdW) interlayer interaction introduces atomic-scale reconstruction at interface by locally rotating lattice to form strain-field vortex networks in their moir\'e superlattice.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-23 Ya-Ning Ren , Yi-Wen Liu , Chao Yan , Lin He

Moir\'e patterns arising from twisted van der Waals stacks fundamentally reshape their electronic properties, enabling band-structure engineering that has driven rapidly growing interest in this field. In studying electronic properties,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Namkyung Lee , Hangyeol Park , Seungwon Jung , Baeksan Jang , Seonyu Lee , Joonho Jang

Moir\'e superlattices have emerged as a versatile platform for exploring a wide range of ex- otic quantum phenomena. Unlike angstrom-scale materials, the moir\'e length-scale system contains a large number of atoms, and its electronic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-10 Xueheng Kuang , Federico Escudero , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Francisco Guinea , Zhen Zhan

When semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructures are stacked the twist angle and lattice mismatch leads to a periodic moir\'e potential. As the angle between the layers changes, so do the electronic properties. As the…

We present a novel approach to achieve spatial variations in the degree of non-covalent functionalization of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG). The tBLG with twist angles varying between ~ 5{\deg} and 7{\deg} was non-covalently functionalized…

Twisted multilayers of two-dimensional (2D) materials are an increasingly important platform for investigating quantum phases of matter, and in particular, strongly correlated electrons. The moir\'e pattern introduced by the relative twist…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-11 Mattia Angeli , Gabriel R. Schleder , Efthimios Kaxiras

Twisted van der Waals materials have risen as highly tunable platform for realizing unconventional superconductivity. Here we demonstrate how a topological superconducting state can be driven in a twisted graphene multilayer at a twist…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-18 Maryam Khosravian , Elena Bascones , Jose L. Lado

The emerging field of twistronics, which harnesses the twist angle between two-dimensional materials, represents a promising route for the design of quantum materials, as the twist-angle-induced superlattices offer means to control topology…

In van der Waals heterostructures, electronic bands of two-dimensional (2D) materials, their nontrivial topology, and electron-electron interactions can be dramatically changed by a moire pattern induced by twist angles between different…