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The discoveries of numerous exciting phenomena in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) are stimulating significant investigations on moir\'e structures that possess a tunable moir\'e potential. Optical response can provide insights into the…

We investigate magnetic instabilities in charge-neutral twisted bilayer graphene close to so-called "magic angles" using a combination of real-space Hartree-Fock and dynamical mean-field theories. In view of the large size of the unit cell…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-08 Javad Vahedi , Robert Peters , Ahmed Missaoui , Andreas Honecker , Guy Trambly de Laissardière

The behavior of electrons in strained graphene is usually described using effective pseudomagnetic fields in a Dirac equation. Here we consider the particular case of a spatially constant strain. Our results indicate that lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 M. Oliva-Leyva , G. G. Naumis

By means of atomistic tight-binding calculations, we investigate the effects of uniaxial strain on the electronic bandstructure of twisted graphene bilayer. We find that the bandstructure is dramatically deformed and the degeneracy of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-13 Viet Hung Nguyen , Philippe Dollfus

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…

Moir\'e quantum matter has emerged as a novel materials platform where correlated and topological phases can be explored with unprecedented control. Among them, magic-angle systems constructed from two or three layers of graphene have shown…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Yuan Cao , Jeong Min Park , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

Recent experiments have observed strongly correlated physics in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at very small angles, along with nearly flat electron bands at certain fillings. A good starting point in understanding the physics is a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-01-16 Kasra Hejazi , Chunxiao Liu , Hassan Shapourian , Xiao Chen , Leon Balents

Low-energy moir\'e flat bands in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (tBG) have demonstrated incredible potentials to exhibit rich exotic quantum phenomena. Theoretically, the moir\'e flat bands of tBG are based on the extended structures,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-23 Long-Jing Yin , Ling-Hui Tong , Yue-Ying Zhou , Yang Zhang , Yuan Tian , Li Zhang , Lijie Zhang , Zhihui Qin

A strong in-plane magnetic field drastically alters the low-energy spectrum of bilayer graphene by separating the parabolic energy dispersion into two linear Dirac cones. The effect of this dramatic change on the transport properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 M. Van der Donck , F. M. Peeters , B. Van Duppen

Using molecular simulation and continuum dielectric theory, we consider how electrochemical kinetics are modulated by twist angle in bilayer graphene electrodes. By establishing a connection between twist angle and the screening length of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-06 Leonardo Coello Escalante , David T. Limmer

Electron bands in the untwisted bilayer graphene flatten out in a transverse electric field, offering a promising platform for correlated electron physics. We predict that the spin/valley isospin magnetism, resembling that seen in moir\'{e}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Zhiyu Dong , Margarita Davydova , Olumakinde Ogunnaike , Leonid Levitov

Magic angle twisted trilayer graphene (TTG) has recently emerged as a new platform to engineer strongly correlated flat bands. Here, we reveal the structural and electronic properties of TTG using low temperature scanning tunneling…

In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) devices, local strains frequently coexist and intertwine with the twist-angle-dependent moir\'e superlattice, significantly influencing the electronic properties of TBG, yet their combined effects remain…

Two monolayers of graphene twisted by a small `magic' angle exhibit nearly flat bands leading to correlated electronic states and superconductivity, whose precise nature including possible broken symmetries, remain under debate. Here we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-12-13 Jong Yeon Lee , Eslam Khalaf , Shang Liu , Xiaomeng Liu , Zeyu Hao , Philip Kim , Ashvin Vishwanath

This review synthesizes recent advancements in the study of moir\'e magnetism. This emerging field, at the intersection of twistronics, topology, and strongly correlated systems, explores novel phenomena that arise when moir\'e potentials…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-06 Paula Mellado

Electron-electron interactions are intrinsically long ranged, but many models of strongly interacting electrons only take short-ranged interactions into account. Here, we present results of atomistic calculations including both long-ranged…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-05-19 Lennart Klebl , Zachary A. H. Goodwin , Arash A. Mostofi , Dante M. Kennes , Johannes Lischner

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

We introduce a new approach that allows one complete control over the modulation of the effective twist angle change in few-layer van der Waals heterostructures by irradiating them with longitudinal waves of light at the end of a waveguide.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Michael Vogl , Martin Rodriguez-Vega , Gregory A. Fiete

We develop a theory for a qualitatively new type of disorder in condensed matter systems arising from local twist-angle fluctuations in two strongly coupled van der Waals monolayers twisted with respect to each other to create a flat band…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-06-30 Justin H. Wilson , Yixing Fu , S. Das Sarma , J. H. Pixley

Close to a magical angle, twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) systems exhibit isolated flat electronic bands and, accordingly, strong electron localization. TBLGs have hence been ideal platforms to explore superconductivity, correlated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-28 V. Hung Nguyen , D. Paszko , M. Lamparski , B. Van Troeye , V. Meunier , J. -C. Charlier