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In condensed-matter physics, electronic Mott insulators have triggered considerable research due to their intricate relation with high-temperature superconductors. However, unlike atomic systems for which Mott phases were recently shown for…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-03-09 Camille Lagoin , Stephan Suffit , Kirk Baldwin , Loren Pfeiffer , Francois Dubin

Moir\'e superlattices have emerged as a new platform for studying strongly correlated quantum phenomena, but these systems have been largely limited to van der Waals layer two-dimensional (2D) materials. Here we introduce moir\'e…

Moir\'e heterostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides exhibit Mott-insulating behaviour both at half-filling as well as at fractional fillings, where electronic degrees of freedom form self-organized Wigner crystal states. An open…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-31 Urban F. P. Seifert , Leon Balents

Artificially created two-dimensional (2D) interfaces or structures are ideal for seeking exotic phase transitions due to their highly tunable carrier density and interfacially enhanced many-body interactions. Here, we report the discovery…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-16 T. T. Han , L. Chen , C. Cai , Z. G. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Z. M. Xin , Y. Zhang

Moir\'e patterns of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterobilayers have proven to be an ideal platform to host unusual correlated electronic phases, emerging magnetism, and correlated exciton physics. While the existence of novel…

Moir\'e heterostructures consisting of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) hetero- and homobilayers have emerged as a promising material platform to study correlated electronic states. Optical signatures of strong correlations in the form…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-10 Natasha Kiper , Haydn S. Adlong , Arthur Christianen , Martin Kroner , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Atac Imamoglu

Using a realistic band structure for twisted WSe$_2 $ materials, we develop a theory for the interaction-driven correlated insulators to conducting metals transitions through the tuning of the filling factor around commensurate fractional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-25 Haining Pan , Sankar Das Sarma

Coupled two-dimensional electron-hole bilayers provide a unique platform to study strongly correlated Bose-Fermi mixtures in condensed matter. Electrons and holes in spatially separated layers can bind to form interlayer excitons, composite…

Van der Waals moir\'e materials have emerged as a highly controllable platform to study the electronic correlation phenomena. In particular, robust correlated insulating states have recently been discovered at both integer and fractional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-30 Tingxin Li , Jiacheng Zhu , Yanhao Tang , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Veit Elser , Jie Shan , Kin Fai Mak

Long-range Coulomb forces give rise to correlated insulating states when charge particles populate a moir\'{e} superlattice at certain fractional filling factors. Such behavior is characterized by a broken translation symmetry wherein…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-13 Junghwan Kim , Hanan Dery , Dinh Van Tuan

Moir\'e superlattices provide a powerful way to engineer properties of electrons and excitons in two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures. The moir\'e effect can be especially strong for interlayer excitons, where electrons and holes…

Interactions among electronic and lattice degrees-of-freedom are foundational to various phases in condensed-matter physics, yet the dynamic interplay between excitonic and phononic quasiparticles represents an equivalent, underexplored…

Strong electron correlation drives 1T-TaS2 from a half-filled metallic state into a Mott insulating phase, coexisting with a charge density wave at low temperatures. Under external stimuli such as pressure or ionic gating, superconductivity…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-04 Haiyang Chen , Zhiqiang Sun , Peng Chen

Moir\'e superlattice in two-dimensional (2D) materials provides a powerful platform to engineer emergent electronic states, yet the construction of moir\'e superlattices remains lab-scale, involving much trial and error and with little…

Mott insulators are commonly pictured with electrons localized on lattice sites. Their low-energy degrees of freedom involve spins only. Here we observe emerging charge degrees of freedom in a molecule-based Mott insulator…

We propose a polariton-moir\'e coupled system to realize an exact solvable model of strongly correlated superconductors. The polariton condensate induces intervalley attraction between moir\'e electrons in quasi-flat topological bands,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-31 Kai Sun , Hui Deng

Moir\'{e} excitons (MXs) are electron-hole pairs localised by the periodic (moir\'{e}) potential forming in two-dimensional heterostructures (HSs). MXs can be exploited, $e.g.$, for creating nanoscale-ordered quantum emitters and achieving…

Collective plasma excitations in moir\'e flat bands display unique properties reflecting strong electron-electron interactions and unusual carrier dynamics in these systems. Unlike the conventional two-dimensional plasmon modes, dispersing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-06 Ali Fahimniya , Cyprian Lewandowski , Leonid Levitov

Moir\'e superlattices in two-dimensional materials provide a versatile platform to explore strongly correlated and topological phases. This work presents a practical theoretical workflow for studying the correlated and topological states in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-09 Xin Lu , Bo Xie , Jianpeng Liu

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