Superconductivity and strong correlations in moiré flat bands

L Balents, CR Dean, DK Efetov, AF Young - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Strongly correlated systems can give rise to spectacular phenomenology, from high-
temperature superconductivity to the emergence of states of matter characterized by long …

Electronic-structure methods for twisted moiré layers

S Carr, S Fang, E Kaxiras - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
When single layers of 2D materials are stacked on top of one another with a small twist in
orientation, the resulting structure often involves incommensurate moiré patterns. In these …

Independent superconductors and correlated insulators in twisted bilayer graphene

Y Saito, J Ge, K Watanabe, T Taniguchi, AF Young - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
When two sheets of graphene are stacked on top of each other with a small twist of angle
θ≈ 1.1° between them, theory predicts the formation of a flat electronic band,. Experiments …

Correlation-driven topological phases in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

Y Choi, H Kim, Y Peng, A Thomson, C Lewandowski… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) exhibits a range of correlated phenomena
that originate from strong electron–electron interactions. These interactions make the Fermi …

Ground state and hidden symmetry of magic-angle graphene at even integer filling

N Bultinck, E Khalaf, S Liu, S Chatterjee, A Vishwanath… - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
In magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), electron-electron interactions play a central
role, resulting in correlated insulating states at certain integer fillings. Identifying the nature …

Γ valley transition metal dichalcogenide moiré bands

M Angeli, AH MacDonald - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The valence band maxima of most group VI transition metal dichalcogenide thin films remain
at the Γ point all of the way from bulk to bilayer. In this paper, we develop a continuum theory …

Correlated insulating phases of twisted bilayer graphene at commensurate filling fractions: A Hartree-Fock study

Y Zhang, K Jiang, Z Wang, F Zhang - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Motivated by the recently observed insulating states in twisted bilayer graphene, we study
the nature of the correlated insulating phases of the twisted bilayer graphene at …

Correlated insulating states and transport signature of superconductivity in twisted trilayer graphene superlattices

X Zhang, KT Tsai, Z Zhu, W Ren, Y Luo, S Carr… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
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 “moiré …

Chiral approximation to twisted bilayer graphene: Exact intravalley inversion symmetry, nodal structure, and implications for higher magic angles

J Wang, Y Zheng, AJ Millis, J Cano - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
This paper presents a mathematical and numerical analysis of the flat-band wave functions
occurring in the chiral model of twisted bilayer graphene at the “magic” twist angles. We …

Twisted trilayer graphene: A precisely tunable platform for correlated electrons

Z Zhu, S Carr, D Massatt, M Luskin, E Kaxiras - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
We introduce twisted trilayer graphene (tTLG) with two independent twist angles as an ideal
system for the precise tuning of the electronic interlayer coupling to maximize the effect of …