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Engineering magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional systems has enormous scientific and technological implications. The uniaxial anisotropy universally exhibited by two-dimensional magnets has only two stable spin directions, demanding 180…
Moir\'e superlattices of tunable wavelengths and the further developed moir\'e of moir\'e systems, by artificially assembling two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials as designed, have brought up a versatile toolbox to explore…
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Moir\'e heterostructures provide a powerful framework for tailoring electronic band structures via controlled long-range periodic superlattice potentials. Beyond widely studied moir\'e-tailored flat bands, folded band structures can host…
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Since the discovery of the fascinating properties in magic-angle graphene, the exploration of moir\'e systems in other two-dimensional materials has garnered significant attention and given rise to a field known as 'moir\'e physics'. Within…
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Because of their unique and rich physical properties, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) materials have attracted much interest. Many studies suggest that introducing the degree of freedom of anisotropy, which may be brought about by…
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