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Moir\'e superlattices - periodic orbital overlaps and lattice-reconstruction between sites of high atomic registry in vertically-stacked 2D layered materials - are quantum-active interfaces where non-trivial quantum phases on novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Zachariah Hennighausen , Swastik Kar

The emergence of a long-range magnetic order in the atomically thin, two-dimensional (2D) limit has long remained a fundamental question in condensed matter physics. The advent of exfoliable van der Waals (vdW) materials, particularly…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-03 Rahul Kumar , Je-Geun Park

Building on discoveries in graphene and two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides, van der Waals (VdW) layered heterostructures - stacks of such 2D materials - are being extensively explored with resulting new discoveries of…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-20 Nicholas Ng , Tyrel M. McQueen

Over the past two decades, significant progress in two-dimensional (2D) materials has invigorated research in condensed matter and material physics in low dimensions. While traditionally studied in three-dimensional systems, magnetism has…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-05 Rabindra Basnet , Jin Hu

Spontaneous magnetic order is a routine instance in three-dimensional (3D) materials but for a long time, it remained elusive in the 2D world. Recently, the first examples of (stand-alone) 2D van der Waals (vdW) crystals with magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-05-05 M. Blei , J. L. Lado , Q. Song , D. Dey , O. Erten , V. Pardo , R. Comin , S. Tongay , A. S. Botana

The recent discovery of two-dimensional magnetic order in van-der Waals materials has stimulated a renaissance in the field of atomically-thin magnets. This has led to promising demonstrations of spintronic functionality such as tunneling…

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetism realized in van der Waals (vdW) materials has expanded to include a great variety of magnetic phases, over a short decade since its first discovery in 2016-2017. However, most of the investigated vdW magnets…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-14 Xiaoyu Guo , Wenhao Liu , Bing Lv , Liuyan Zhao

The emergence of topological magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials promoted 2D heterostructures as key building-blocks of devices for information technology based on topological concepts. Here, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-03 Nihad Abuawwad , Manuel dos Santos Dias , Hazem Abusara , Samir Lounis

After the first unequivocal demonstration of spin transport in graphene (Tombros et al., 2007), surprisingly at room temperature, it was quickly realized that this novel material was relevant for both fundamental spintronics and future…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 A. Avsar , H. Ochoa , F. Guinea , B. Ozyilmaz , B. J. van Wees , I. J. Vera-Marun

The moir\'e superlattices formed by stacking 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with twisting angle or lattice mismatch have provided a versatile platform with unprecedented tunability for exploring many frontier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Dawei Zhai , Hongyi Yu , Wang Yao

Recent proposals for the realization of time-reversal symmetry breaking and topological superconductivity in twisted nodal superconductors have led to a surge of theoretical and experimental studies of these systems, marking one of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-20 J. H. Pixley , Pavel A. Volkov

Twisted van der Waals heterostructures have latterly received prominent attention for their many remarkable experimental properties, and the promise that they hold for realising elusive states of matter in the laboratory. We propose that…

Discovery of two-dimensional materials with unique electronic, superior optoelectronic or intrinsic magnetic order have triggered worldwide interests among the fields of material science, condensed matter physics and device physics.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-12-24 Shi-Jun Liang , Bin Cheng , Xinyi Cui , Feng Miao

The study of twisted two-dimensional (2D) materials, where twisting layers create moir\'e superlattices, has opened new opportunities for investigating topological phases and strongly correlated physics. While systems such as twisted…

Moir\'e superlattices in van der Waals materials have revolutionized the study of electronic and excitonic systems by creating periodic electrostatic potentials. Extending this concept to magnetic materials promises new pathways in merging…

The emerging field of twistronics, which harnesses the twist angle between two-dimensional materials, represents a promising route for the design of quantum materials, as the twist-angle-induced superlattices offer means to control topology…

Antiferromagnetic (AFM) van der Waals (vdW) materials provide a novel platform for synthetic AFM spintronics, in which the spin-related functionalities are derived from manipulating spin configurations between the layers. Metallic vdW…

The past decade has been especially creative for spintronics since the (re)discovery of various two dimensional (2D) materials. Due to the unusual physical characteristics, 2D materials have provided new platforms to probe the spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-25 Wei Han

We use a data-driven approach to study the magnetic and thermodynamic properties of van der Waals (vdW) layered materials. We investigate monolayers of the form A$_2$B$_2$X$_6$, based on the known material Cr$_2$Ge$_2$Te$_6$, using density…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-22 Trevor David Rhone , Wei Chen , Shaan Desai , Amir Yacoby , Efthimios Kaxiras

In this article we review recent work on van der Waals (vdW) systems in which at least one of the components has strong spin-orbit coupling. We focus on a selection of vdW heterostructures to exemplify the type of interesting electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-04 Enrico Rossi , Christopher Triola