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Twisted multilayer systems, encompassing materials like twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), twisted trilayer graphene, and twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides, have garnered significant attention in condensed matter physics.…

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First-principles calculations can accurately describe electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions and electronic transport in a wide range of materials, but are currently limited to unit cells with up to $\sim$100 atoms due to computational cost.…

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The electronic properties of moir\'e heterostructures depend sensitively on the relative orientation between layers of the stack. For example, near-magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) commonly shows superconductivity, yet a TBG…

We develop a theoretical framework for probing moir\'e phonon modes using Raman spectroscopy, and illustrate it with the example of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG). These moir\'e phonons arise from interlayer sliding motion in twisted 2D…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-24 Vitor Dantas , Héctor Ochoa , Rafael M. Fernandes , Natalia B. Perkins

In the long-wavelength limit, Bloch-band Berry curvature has no effect on the bulk plasmons of a two-dimensional electron system. In this Letter we show instead that bulk plasmons are a probe of real-space topology. In particular, we focus…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Lorenzo Cavicchi , Koen J. A. Reijnders , Mikhail I. Katsnelson , Marco Polini

We investigate bilayers of nanoporous graphene (NPG), laterally bonded carbon nanoribbons, and graphene. The electronic and transport properties are explored as a function of the interlayer twist angle using an atomistic tight-binding model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-12 Xabier Diaz de Cerio , Aleksander Bach Lorentzen , Mads Brandbyge , Aran Garcia-Lekue

Using a combined Dynamical Mean Field Theory and Hartree (DMFT+H) calculation we study the transport and optical properties of the 8-band heavy fermion model for Twisted Bilayer Graphene (TBG) in the normal state. We find resistive states…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-19 M. J. Calderón , A. Camjayi , A. Datta , E. Bascones

Graphene is a novel two-dimensional material with fascinating electrodynamic properties like the ability to support collective electron oscillations (plasmons) accompanied by tight confinement of electromagnetic fields. Our goal is to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-15 Marinko Jablan

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

Twisted two-dimensional (2D) layered materials exhibit many novel and unique phenomena, such as insulation and superconductivity transition, and superlubricity. However, the effect of twisting on these phenomena remains unclear. A key…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-26 Ze Liu

The electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) can be dramatically different from those of a single graphene layer, in particular when the two layers are rotated relative to each other by a small angle. TBG has recently…

The recent observed anomalous Hall effect in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) aligned to hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and unconventional ferroelectricity in Bernal bilayer graphene sandwiched by hBN present a new platform to tune…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 Min Long , Zhen Zhan , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Jose Ángel Silva-Guillén , Francisco Guinea , Shengjun Yuan

Moire superlattices in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) and its derived structures can host exotic correlated quantum phenomena because the narrow moire flat minibands in those systems effectively enhance the electron-electron interaction.…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-18 Qiaoling Xu , Yuzheng Guo , Lede Xian

The optical conductivities of graphene layers are strongly dependent on their stacking orders. Our first-principle calculations show that while the optical conductivities of single layer graphene (SLG) and bilayer graphene (BLG) with Bernal…

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Nanofluidics is pivotal in fundamental research and diverse applications, from water desalination to energy harvesting and biological analysis. Dynamically manipulating nanofluidic properties, such as diffusion and friction, presents an…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-12-13 Chenxing Liang , Narayana R Aluru

Stacking two atomic crystals with a twist between their crystal axes produces moir\'e potentials that modify the electronic properties. Here we show that double moir\'e potentials generated by superposing three atomic crystals create a new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Xinyuan Lai , Guohong Li , Angela M. Coe , Jedediah H. Pixley , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Eva Y. Andrei

We theoretically study the band structure and optical conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) near the magic angle considering the effects of lattice relaxation. We show that the optical conductivity spectrum is characterized by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Lu Wen , Zhiqiang Li , Yan He

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) has attracted significant interest recently due to the discoveries of diverse correlated and topological states in this system. Despite the extensive research on the electron-electron interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-13 Xiaoqian Liu , Ran Peng , Zhaoru Sun , Jianpeng Liu

Twisted bilayer materials have attracted tremendous attention due to their unique and novel properties. Here, we derive a thermodynamic model for twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) within the framework of the classical statistical mechanics,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Weidong Yan , Langquan Shui , Wengen Ouyang , Ze Liu

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) has taken the spotlight in the condensed matter community since the discovery of correlated phases at the so-called magic angle. Interestingly, the role of a substrate on the electronic properties of TBG has…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Min Long , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Zhen Zhan , Francisco Guinea , Jose Ángel Silva-Guillén , Shengjun Yuan