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The recent advent of artificial structures has triggered the emergence of fascinating phenomena that could not exist in natural compounds. A prime example is twisted multilayers, i.e., moir\'e superlattices represented by magic-angle…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-13 Shun Asano , Youichi Yanase

We report electric field-controlled modulation of the Fermi surface topology and explore its effects on the superconducting state in alternating-angle twisted quadrilayer graphene (TQG). The unique combination of flat and dispersive bands…

Magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (MATTG) recently exhibited robust superconductivity at a higher transition temperature (TC) than the bilayer version. With electric gating from both the top and bottom sides, the superconductivity was…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-04 Shujin Li , Guanyuan Zheng , Junlin Huang

A series of recent experiments have demonstrated robust superconductivity in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (TTG). In particular, a recent work by Cao et al. (arxiv:2103.12083) studies the behavior of the superconductor in an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-11-17 Ethan Lake , T. Senthil

Graphene moir\'e systems are ideal environments for investigating complex phase diagrams and gaining fundamental insights into the mechanisms underlying exotic states of matter, as they permit controlled manipulation of electronic…

We report on realization and quantum transport study of a twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) Josephson junction device. High-quality tBLG employed in the device fabrication is obtained via chemical vapour deposition and the device is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-06 Dingran Rui , Luzhao Sun , N. Kang , Hailin Peng , Zhongfan Liu , H. Q. Xu

Moir\'e superlattices in the twisted bilayer graphene provide an unprecedented platform to investigate a wide range of exotic quantum phenomena. Recently, the twist degree of freedom has been introduced into various classical wave systems,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Weixuan Zhang , Deyuan Zou , Qingsong Pei , Wenjing He , Houjun Sun , Xiangdong Zhang

Magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (MATTG) has emerged as a novel moir\'e material that exhibits both strong electronic correlations and unconventional superconductivity. However, spectroscopic studies of its electronic properties are…

Moir\'e-superlattices are ubiquitous in 2D heterostructures, strongly influencing their electronic properties. They give rise to new Dirac cones and are also at the origin of the superconductivity observed in magic-angle bilayer graphene.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 Márton Szendrő , Péter Süle , Gergely Dobrik , Levente Tapasztó

Surface superconductivity in rhombohedral graphite is a robust phenomenon which can exist even when higher order hoppings between the layers lift the topological protection of the surface flat band and introduce a quadratic dispersion of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-13 N. B. Kopnin , M. Ijäs , A. Harju , T. T. Heikkilä

Moir\'e materials host a wealth of intertwined correlated and topological states of matter, all arising from flat electronic bands with nontrivial quantum geometry. A prominent example is the family of alternating-twist magic-angle graphene…

External magnetic fields conventionally suppress superconductivity, both by orbital and paramagnetic effects. A recent experiment has shown that in a Bernal stacked bilayer graphene system, the opposite occurs -- a finite critical magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-01 Gal Shavit , Yuval Oreg

`More is Different' (Anderson, 1972) in graphene. A bilayer and a twist spring surprises. Recently discovered superconductivity (T$_c\approx$ 1.7 K) at an ultra low doping density $\sim 10^{11}$cm${}^{-2}$ has alerted the community to look…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-03 Ganapathy Baskaran

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

In a recent experiment [Lin et al., arXiv:2112.07841], the superconducting phase hosted by a heterostructure of mirror-symmetric twisted trilayer graphene and WSe$_2$ was shown to exhibit significantly different critical currents in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-25 Harley D. Scammell , J. I. A. Li , Mathias S. Scheurer

In this review, we present recent works on materials whose common point is the presence of electronic bands of very low dispersion, called "flat bands", which are due to specific atomic order effects without electron interactions. These…

It has been shown that the Kohn--Luttinger superconductivity mechanism interplaying with other types of ordering can be implemented in systems with a hexagonal lattice. A number of unusual properties of such systems in the normal phase have…

Twisted bilayer graphene displays insulating and superconducting phases caused by exceptional flattening of its lowest energy bands. Superconductivity with highest $T_c$ appears at hole and electron dopings, near half-filling for valence or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-06-29 Dmitry V. Chichinadze , Laura Classen , Andrey V. Chubukov

Tailoring electron transfer dynamics across solid-liquid interfaces is fundamental to the interconversion of electrical and chemical energy. Stacking atomically thin layers with a very small azimuthal misorientation to produce moir\'e…

WTe$_2$ is a material with rich topological properties: it is a 2D topological insulator as a monolayer and a Weyl-semimetal and higher-order topological insulator (HOTI) in the bulk form. Inducing superconductivity in topological materials…