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The intricate relationship between electrons and the crystal lattice is a linchpin in condensed matter, traditionally described by the Fr\"ohlich model encompassing the lowest-order lattice-electron coupling. Recently developed quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-02 Yoel Zimmermann , Joonas Keski-Rahkonen , Anton M. Graf , Eric J. Heller

Exotic collective phenomena emerge when bosons strongly interact within a lattice. However, creating a robust and tunable solid-state platform to explore such phenomena has been elusive. Dual moir\'e systems$-$compromising two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Amine Ben Mhenni , Elif Çetiner , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Jonathan J. Finley , Nathan P. Wilson

Bound electron-hole pairs in semiconductors known as excitons are the subject of intense research due to their potential for optoelectronic devices and applications, especially in the realm of two-dimensional materials. While the properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-27 Peter A. Noordman , Lucas Maisel Licerán , Henk T. C. Stoof

Van der Waals heterostructures offer attractive opportunities to design quantum materials. For instance, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) possess three quantum degrees of freedom: spin, valley index, and layer index. Further, twisted…

Van der Waals heterostructures made from atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) and graphene have emerged as a building block for optoelectronic devices. Such systems are also uniquely poised to investigate interfacial…

Although spin is a fundamental quantum number, measuring spin transport in traditional solid state systems is extremely challenging. This poses a major obstacle to detecting interesting quantum states including certain spin liquids. In this…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-28 Ya-Hui Zhang , Ashvin Vishwanath

In van der Waals heterostructures, electronic bands of two-dimensional (2D) materials, their nontrivial topology, and electron-electron interactions can be dramatically changed by a moire pattern induced by twist angles between different…

Interactions among electronic and lattice degrees-of-freedom are foundational to various phases in condensed-matter physics, yet the dynamic interplay between excitonic and phononic quasiparticles represents an equivalent, underexplored…

Twisted transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) present an intriguing platform for exploring excitons and their transport properties. By introducing a twist angle, a moir\'e superlattice forms, providing a spatially dependent exciton energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Willy Knorr , Samuel Brem , Giuseppe Meneghini , Ermin Malic

Semiconducting transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) moir\'e superlattice provides an exciting platform for manipulating excitons. The in-situ control of moir\'e potential confined exciton would usher in unprecedented functions of…

Sliding ferroelectricity is a phenomenon that arises from the insurgence of spontaneous electronic polarization perpendicular to the layers of two-dimensional (2D) systems upon the relative sliding of the atomic layer constituents. Because…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-21 Matteo D'Alessio , Daniele Varsano , Elisa Molinari , Massimo Rontani

Strong interactions between different degrees of freedom lead to exotic phases of matter with complex order parameters and emergent collective excitations. Conventional techniques, such as scattering and transport, probe the amplitudes of…

The metal-insulator transition (MIT) driven by electronic correlations is a fundamental and challenging problem in condensed-matter physics. Particularly, whether such a transition can be continuous remains open. The emergence of…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-24 Yanhao Tang , Jie Gu , Song Liu , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , James C. Hone , Kin Fai Mak , Jie Shan

We investigate excitons in stacked transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) layers under perpendicularly applied electric field, herein MoSe$_2$/WSe$_2$ van der Waals heterostructures. Band structures are obtained with density functional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-19 A. Chaves , J. G. Azadani , V. Ongun Özçelik , R. Grassi , T. Low

Understanding the nature of molecular excitons in low-dimensional molecular solids is of paramount importance in fundamental photophysics and various applications such as energy harvesting, switching electronics and display devices. Despite…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-18 Dogyeong Kim , Sol Lee , Jiwon Park , Jinho Lee , Hee Cheul Choi , Kwanpyo Kim , Sunmin Ryu

Heterostructures of layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host long-lived, tunable excitons, making them intriguing candidates for material-based quantum information applications. Light absorption in these systems induces a…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-25 Tomer Amit , Sivan Refaely-Abramson

We study the effect of electron-electron interaction on a two dimensional (2D) disordered lattice. For the case of two electrons the analytical estimates are presented showing a transition from localized to delocalized states in a way…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-09-27 Dima L. Shepelyansky , Pil Hun Song

The discovery of atomic monolayer magnetic materials has stimulated intense research activities in the two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials community. The field is growing rapidly and there has been a large class of 2D vdW…

When interacting electrons are confined to low-dimensions, the electron-electron correlation effect is enhanced dramatically, which often drives the system into exhibiting behaviors that are otherwise highly improbable. Superconductivity…