A kagome lattice naturally features Dirac fermions, flat bands and van Hove singularities in
its electronic structure. The Dirac fermions encode topology, flat bands favour correlated …

In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulators are two-dimensional electronic materials that have a
bulk band gap similar to an ordinary insulator but have topologically protected pairs of edge …

The integration of functional nanomaterials and heterostructures with photonic architectures
has laid the foundation for important photonic and optoelectronic applications. The advent of …

Layered materials are taking centre stage in the ever-increasing research effort to develop
material platforms for quantum technologies. We are at the dawn of the era of layered …

Contemporary quantum materials research is guided by themes of topology and electronic
correlations. A confluence of these two themes is engineered in moiré materials, an …

Moiré superlattices, the artificial quantum materials, have provided a wide range of
possibilities for the exploration of completely new physics and device architectures. In this …

In a flat band superconductor, the charge carriers' group velocity v F is extremely slow.
Superconductivity therein is particularly intriguing, being related to the long-standing …

In the presence of a large perpendicular electric field, Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene
(BLG) features several broken-symmetry metallic phases,–as well as magnetic-field-induced …

The integration of dissimilar materials into heterostructures has become a powerful tool for
engineering interfaces and electronic structure. The advent of 2D materials has provided …