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When atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials are layered they often form incommensurate non-crystalline structures that exhibit long-period moir{\' e} patterns when examined by scanning probes. In this paper we present an approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 Jeil Jung , Arnaud Raoux , Zhenhua Qiao , Allan H. MacDonald

Layers of two-dimensional materials stacked with a small twist-angle give rise to beating periodic patterns on a scale much larger than the original lattice, referred to as a moir\'e superlattice. When the stacking involves more than two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-03 Kan-Ting Tsai , Xi Zhang , Ziyan Zhu , Yujie Luo , Stephen Carr , Mitchell Luskin , Efthimios Kaxiras , Ke Wang

Two dimensional materials and their heterostructures constitute a promising platform to study correlated electronic states as well as many body physics of excitons. Here, we present experiments that unite these hitherto separate efforts and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-12 Yuya Shimazaki , Ido Schwartz , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Martin Kroner , Ataç Imamoğlu

Moir\'e superlattices in twisted two-dimensional materials have generated tremendous excitement as a platform for achieving quantum properties on demand. However, the moir\'e pattern is highly sensitive to the interlayer atomic registry,…

Moir\'e lattices created in two-dimensional heterostructures exhibit rich many-body physics of interacting electrons and excitons and, at the same time, suggest promising optoelectronic applications. Here, we study the cooperative radiance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Jan Kumlin , Ajit Srivastava , Thomas Pohl

Moir\'e superlattices in twisted van der Waals materials constitute a promising platform for engineering electronic and optical properties. However, a major obstacle to fully understanding these systems and harnessing their potential is the…

Moir\'e superlattices have emerged as a new platform for studying strongly correlated quantum phenomena, but these systems have been largely limited to van der Waals layer two-dimensional (2D) materials. Here we introduce moir\'e…

In multilayer moir\'e heterostructures, the interference of multiple twist angles ubiquitously leads to tunable ultra-long-wavelength patterns known as supermoir\'e lattices. However, their impact on the system's many-body electronic phase…

Recently, moir\'e superlattices have been found on the surface of topological insulators (TI) due to the rotational misalignment of topmost layers. In this work, we study the effects of moir\'e superlattices on the topological surface…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-03 Taige Wang , Noah F. Q. Yuan , Liang Fu

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

Large scale two-dimensional (2D) moir\'e superlattices are driving a revolution in designer quantum materials. The electronic interactions in these superlattices, strongly dependent on the periodicity and symmetry of the moir\'e pattern,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 M. Kögl , P. Soubelet , M. Brotons-Gisbert , A. V. Stier , B. D. Gerardot , J. J. Finley

Moir\'e superlattices can induce correlated-electronic phases in twisted van-der-Waals materials. Strongly correlated quantum phenomena emerge, such as superconductivity and the Mott-insulating state. However, moir\'e superlattices produced…

Moir\'e-pattern based potential engineering has become an important way to explore exotic physics in a variety of two-dimensional condensed matter systems. While these potentials have induced correlated phenomena in almost all commonly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-19 Mohammed M. Al Ezzi , Junxiong Hu , Ariando , Francisco Guinea , Shaffique Adam

The search for new topological materials and states of matter is presently at the forefront of quantum materials research. One powerful approach to novel topological phases beyond the thermodynamic space is to combine different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-29 Pavel P. Shibayev , Elio J. König , Maryam Salehi , Jisoo Moon , Myung-Geun Han , Seongshik Oh

One-dimensional superlattices with periodic spatial modulations of onsite potentials or tunneling coefficients can exhibit a variety of properties associated with topology or symmetry. Recent developments of ring-shaped optical lattices…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-02-21 Yan He , Kevin Wright , Said Kouachi , Chih-Chun Chien

Moir\'e superlattices created by the twisted stacking of two-dimensional crystalline monolayers can host electronic bands with flat energy dispersion in which interaction among electrons is strongly enhanced. These superlattices can also…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Xiaomeng Liu , Cheng-Li Chiu , Jong Yeon Lee , Gelareh Farahi , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Ashvin Vishwanath , Ali Yazdani

Inspired by the rich physics of twisted 2D bilayer moir\'{e} systems, we study Coulomb interacting systems subjected to two overlapping finite 1D lattice potentials of unequal periods through exact numerical diagonalization. Unmatching…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 DinhDuy Vu , S. Das Sarma

Moir\'e patterns are a central motif in van der Waals heterostructures arising from the superposition of two-dimensional (2D) incommensurate lattices. These patterns reveal a wealth of correlated effects, influencing electronic, magnetic,…

In the past decade, moir\'e materials have revolutionized how we engineer and control quantum phases of matter. Among incommensurate materials, moir\'e materials are aperiodic composite crystals whose long-wavelength moir\'e superlattices…

Moir{\'e} heterostructures, created by stacking two-dimensional (2D) materials together with a finite lattice mismatch or rotational twist, represent a new frontier of designer quantum materials. Typically, however, this requires the…