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The recent observation of correlated phases in transition metal dichalcogenide moir\'e systems at integer and fractional filling promises new insight into metal-insulator transitions and the unusual states of matter that can emerge near…

We establish low-temperature resonant inelastic light scattering (RILS) spectroscopy as a tool to probe the formation of a series of moir\'e-bands in twisted WSe_{2} bilayers by accessing collective intermoir\'e-band excitations (IMBE). We…

We derive electronic structure models for weakly interacting bilayers such as graphene-graphene and graphene-hexagonal boron nitride, based on density functional theory calculations followed by Wannier transformation of electronic states.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-28 Shiang Fang , Efthimios Kaxiras

Twisted bilayers of two-dimensional (2D) materials are proving a fertile ground for investigating strongly correlated electron phases. This is because the moir\'e pattern introduced by the relative twist between layers introduces…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-13 Hao Tang , Stephen Carr , Efthimios Kaxiras

We propose a scheme to achieve breathing kagome moir\'e superlattices using three twisted layers of transition metal dichalcogenides. In this scheme, the top and bottom layers are twisted relative to the middle layer by small angles…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 Adrian Fedorko , Chao-Xing Liu , Zhen Bi

Moir\'e lattices have served as the ideal quantum simulation platform for exploring novel physics due to the flat electronic bands resulting from the long wavelength moir\'e potentials. However, the large sizes of this type of system…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-12 Shengguo Yang , Jiaxin Chen , Chao-Fei Liu , Mingxing Chen

Strain-induced lattice mismatch leads to moir\'{e} patterns in homobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). We investigate the structural and electronic properties of such strained moir\'{e} patterns in TMD homobilayers. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-21 Sudipta Kundu , Indrajit Maity , Robin Bajaj , H. R. Krishnamurthy , Manish Jain

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

We propose a continuum model for the theoretical study of hybridized moir\'e excitons in transition metal dichalcogenides heterobilayers, and we use a variational method to solve the exciton wavefunction and calculate the optical absorption…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-23 Yao-Wen Chang

A twist between two systems offers the possibility to drastically change the underlying physical properties. To that end, we study the bandstructure of twisted moir\'e potentials in detail. At sets of commensurate twisting angles, the low…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-04-11 Dean Johnstone , Shanya Mishra , Zhaoxuan Zhu , Laurent Sanchez-Palencia

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

Control of the interlayer twist angle in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures enables one to engineer a quasiperiodic moir\'e superlattice of tunable length scale. In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), the simple moir\'e…

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers have recently emerged as a robust and tunable moir\'e system for studying and designing correlated electron physics. In this work, by combining large-scale first principle calculation and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-12-30 Yang Zhang , Noah F. Q. Yuan , Liang Fu

The study of moir\'e engineering started with the advent of van der Waals heterostructures in which stacking two-dimensional layers with different lattice constants leads to a moir\'e pattern controlling their electronic properties. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 F. Mesple , N. R. Walet , G. Trambly de Laissardière , F. Guinea , D. Dosenovic , H. Okuno , C. Paillet , A. Michon , C. Chapelier , V. T. Renard

Scanning probe techniques are popular, non-destructive ways to visualize the real space structure of Van der Waals moir\'es. The high lateral spatial resolution provided by these techniques enables extracting the moir\'e lattice vectors…

The structures and properties of moire patterns in twisted bilayers of two-dimensional (2D) materials are known to depend sensitively on twist angle, yet their dependence on stacking order remains comparatively underexplored. In this study,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-14 Anikeya Aditya , Ayu Irie , Nabankur Dasgupta , Rajiv K. Kalia , Aiichiro Nakano , Priya Vashishta

Moir\'{e} superlattices formed in WS$_2$/WSe$_2$ heterobilayers have emerged as an exciting platform to explore the quantum many-body physics. The key mechanism is the introduction of moir\'{e} potentials for the band-edge carriers induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Youwen Wang , Nanya Gao , Qingjun Tong

Twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides, such as MoTe$_2$, provide a versatile platform for exploring correlated topological phases. This work investigates the interplay of perpendicular magnetic and electric fields in tuning the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-27 Tianhong Lu , Yi-Ming Wu , Luiz H. Santos

Moir\'e superlattice-induced sub-bands in twisted van der Waals homo- and hetero-structures govern their optical and electrical properties, rendering additional degrees of freedom such as twist angle. Here, we demonstrate the moir\'e…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-15 Medha Dandu , Garima Gupta , Pushkar Dasika , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Kausik Majumdar

Twisted van der Waals heterostructures and the corresponding superlattices, moire superlattices, are remarkable new material platforms, in which electron interactions and excited-state properties can be engineered. Particularly, the band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-13 Xiaobo Lu , Xiaoqin Li , Li Yang