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When semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructures are stacked the twist angle and lattice mismatch leads to a periodic moir\'e potential. As the angle between the layers changes, so do the electronic properties. As the…

We report on the theoretical electronic spectra of twisted phosphorene bilayers exhibiting moir\'e patterns, as computed by means of a continuous approximation to the moir\'e superlattice Hamiltonian. Our model is constructed by…

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Moir\'e excitons are emergent optical excitations in 2D semiconductors with deep moir\'e superlattice potentials. While these excitations have been realized in several platforms, a system with dynamically tunable moir\'e potential to tailor…

Lattice reconstruction in twisted transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers gives rise to piezo- and ferroelectric moir\'e potentials for electrons and holes, as well as a modulation of the hybridisation across the bilayer. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-30 S. J. Magorrian , V. V. Enaldiev , V. Zólyomi , Fábio Ferreira , Vladimir I. Fal'ko , David A. Ruiz-Tijerina

Among the most common few-layers transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), WSe2 is the most challenging material from the lattice dynamics point of view. Indeed, for a long time the main two phonon modes (A1g and E12g) have been wrongly…

Twisted bilayer systems host a wealth of emergent phenomena, such as flat-band superconductivity, ferromagnetism, and ferroelectricity, arising from moir\'e superlattices and unconventional interlayer coupling. Despite their central role,…

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Twisted van der Waals heterostructures unravel a new platform to study strongly correlated quantum phases. The interlayer coupling in these heterostructures is sensitive to twist angles ($\theta$) and key to controllably tune several exotic…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-12-03 Rahul Debnath , Indrajit Maity , Manish Jain , Arindam Ghosh

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

Stacking monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides into a heterostructure with a finite twist-angle gives rise to artificial moir\'e superlattices with a tunable periodicity. As a consequence, excitons experience a periodic potential,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Samuel Brem , Christopher Linderälv , Paul Erhart , Ermin Malic

Lattice reconstruction and corresponding strain accumulation play a key role in defining the electronic structure of two-dimensional moir\'e superlattices, including those of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Imaging of TMD moir\'es…

Ultraflat bands in twisted bilayers of two-dimensional materials have potential to host strong correlations, including the Mott-insulating phase at half-filling of the band. Using first principles density functional theory calculations, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-02 Mit H. Naik , Manish Jain

Two-dimensional moir\'e materials are formed by artificially stacking atomically thin monolayers. A wealth of correlated and topological quantum phases can be engineered via precise choice of stacking geometry. These designer electronic…

In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) a moir\'e pattern forms that introduces a new length scale to the material. At the 'magic' twist angle of 1.1{\deg}, this causes a flat band to form, yielding emergent properties such as correlated…

Moir\'e superlattices formed by transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterobilayers provide a versatile platform for studying strongly correlated electronic, excitonic, and topological phenomena in solids. In particular, angle-aligned…

Moir\'e patterns arising from twisted van der Waals stacks fundamentally reshape their electronic properties, enabling band-structure engineering that has driven rapidly growing interest in this field. In studying electronic properties,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Namkyung Lee , Hangyeol Park , Seungwon Jung , Baeksan Jang , Seonyu Lee , Joonho Jang

We develop a low-energy continuum model for phonons in twisted moir\'e bilayers, based on a configuration-space approach. In this approach, interatomic force constants are obtained from density functional theory (DFT) calculations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-12 Jonathan Z. Lu , Ziyan Zhu , Mattia Angeli , Daniel T. Larson , Efthimios Kaxiras

Recent advances in the field of vertically stacked 2D materials have revealed a rich exciton landscape. In particular, it has been demonstrated that out-of-plane electrical fields can be used to tune the spectral position of spatially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Joakim Hagel , Samuel Brem , Ermin Malic

Tuning the electronic structures of two-dimensional (2D) material-based heterostructures is of crucial importance for their use in functional next-generation electronics. Here, through angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with…

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…

Exciton-phonon interactions in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) are strong and lead to phenomena such as coherent phonon generation. When stacked and twisted, their properties can be tuned by the twisting angle. In experiments with…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-01 Rafael R. Del Grande , David A. Strubbe