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The long wavelength moir\'e superlattices in twisted 2D structures have emerged as a highly tunable platform for strongly correlated electron physics. We study the moir\'e bands in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Trithep Devakul , Valentin Crépel , Yang Zhang , Liang Fu

Localized electrons subject to applied magnetic fields can restart to propagate freely through the lattice in delocalized magnetic Bloch states (MBSs) when the lattice periodicity is commensurate with the magnetic length. Twisted graphene…

Geometrical moir\'e patterns, generic for almost aligned bilayers of two-dimensional (2D) crystals with similar lattice structure but slightly different lattice constants, lead to zone folding and miniband formation for electronic states.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-01 David A. Ruiz-Tijerina , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

In this paper a systematic examination of graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (g/hBN) bilayers is presented, through a recently developed two-dimensional phase field crystal model that incorporates out-of-plane deformations. The system…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-09 K. R. Elder , Zhi-Feng Huang , T. Ala-Nissila

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…

Recent advances in twistronics of low-dimensional materials, such as bilayer graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides, have enabled a plethora of unusual phenomena associated with moir\'e physics. However, several of these effects…

Optics · Physics 2020-05-18 Guangwei Hu , Alex Krasnok , Yarden Mazor , Cheng-Wei Qiu , Andrea Alù

Twisted graphene bilayers provide a versatile platform to engineer metamaterials with novel emergent properties by exploiting the resulting geometric moir\'{e} superlattice. Such superlattices are known to host bulk valley currents at tiny…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 T. M. R. Wolf , J. L. Lado , G. Blatter , O. Zilberberg

In stacks of two-dimensional crystals, mismatch of their lattice constants and misalignment of crystallographic axes lead to formation of moir\'{e} patterns. We show that moir\'{e} superlattice effects persist in twisted bilayer graphene…

The moir\'e pattern observed in stacked non-commensurate crystal lattices, such as hetero-bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides, produces a periodic modulation of their bandgap. Excitons subjected to this potential landscape exhibit…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-09-08 I. R. Lavor , D. R. da Costa , L. Covaci , M. V. Milošević , F. M. Peeters , A. Chaves

A low twist angle between the two stacked crystal networks in bilayer graphene enables self-organized lattice reconstruction with the formation of a periodic domain. This superlattice modulates the vibrational and electronic structures,…

For twisted bilayer graphene close to magic angle, we show that the effects of lattice relaxation and the Hartree interaction both become simultaneously important. Including both effects in a continuum theory reveals a Lifshitz transition…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-30 Mohammed M. Al Ezzi , Liangtao Peng , Zhengyu Liu , Jonah Huang Zi Chao , Gayani N. Pallewela , Darryl Foo , Shaffique Adam

Several numerical studies have shown that the electronic properties of twisted bilayers of graphene (TBLG) and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are tunable by strain engineering of the stacking layers. In particular, the flatness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-24 Marwa Mannaï , Sonia Haddad

To realize the applicative potential of 2D twistronic devices, scalable synthesis and assembly techniques need to meet stringent requirements in terms of interface cleanness and twist-angle homogeneity. Here, we show that small-angle…

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

Lattice dynamics play a crucial role in the physics of Moir\'e systems. In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), it was shown that, in addition to the graphene phonons, there is another set of gapless excitations termed Moir\'e Phonons [Phys.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-23 Qiang Gao , Eslam Khalaf

Unlike conventional two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor superlattices, moir\'{e} patterns in 2D materials are flexible and their electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties depend on their topography. Within a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-07 Alexandre Artaud , Nicolas Rougemaille , Sergio Vlaic , Vincent T. Renard , Nicolae Atodiresei , Johann Coraux

Moir\'e superlattices serve as a playground for emerging phenomena, such as localization of band states, superconductivity, and localization of excitons. These superlattices are large and are often modeled in the zero angle limit, which…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-01 Christopher Linderälv , Joakim Hagel , Samuel Brem , Ermin Malic , Paul Erhart

Encapsulating graphene in hexagonal Boron Nitride has several advantages: the highest mobilities reported to date are achieved in this way, and precise nanostructuring of graphene becomes feasible through the protective hBN layers.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Yongping Du , Ning Xu , Xianqing Lin , Antti-Pekka Jauho

Moir\'e phonons describe collective vibrations of a moir\'e superlattice produced by long-wavelength relative displacements of the constituent layers. Despite coming from the backfolding of the acoustic phonons of the individual layers,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Alejandro Ramos-Alonso , Hector Ochoa

Moir\'e effects in twisted or lattice-incommensurate vertical assemblies of two-dimensional crystals give rise to a new class of quantum materials with rich transport and optical phenomena, including correlated electron physics in flat…