Extended quantum anomalous Hall states in graphene/hBN moiré superlattices

Z Lu, T Han, Y Yao, Z Hadjri, J Yang, J Seo, L Shi, S Ye… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Electrons in topological flat bands can form new topological states driven by correlation
effects. The pentalayer rhombohedral graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) moiré …

Evidence of zero-field Wigner solids in ultrathin films of cadmium arsenide

S Munyan, S Ahadi, B Guo, A Rashidi, S Stemmer - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
The quantum Wigner crystal is a many-body state where Coulombic repulsion quenches the
kinetic energy of electrons, causing them to crystallize into a lattice. Experimental realization …

Develo** Fractional Quantum Hall States at Even-Denominator Fillings and

C Wang, PT Madathil, SK Singh, A Gupta, YJ Chung… - Physical Review Letters, 2025 - APS
In the extreme quantum limit, when the Landau level filling factor ν< 1, the dominant electron-
electron interaction in low-disorder two-dimensional electron systems leads to exotic many …

Transport evidence for the quantum Wigner solid formation in two-dimensional electron systems

AA Shashkin, MY Melnikov, SV Kravchenko - Physica E: Low-dimensional …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this Review, we report compelling transport evidence for the formation of a quantum
Wigner solid in two-dimensional (2D) electron systems in silicon metal–oxide …

Topological phase transitions of interacting fermions in the presence of a commensurate magnetic flux

A Fünfhaus, M Möller, T Kopp, R Valentí - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Motivated by recently reported magnetic-field-induced topological phases in ultracold atoms
and correlated Moiré materials, we investigate topological phase transitions in a minimal …

Sliding dynamics of current-driven skyrmion crystal and helix in chiral magnets

YM **e, Y Liu, N Nagaosa - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The skyrmion crystal (SkX) and helix (HL) phases, present in typical chiral magnets, can
each be considered as forms of density waves but with distinct topologies. The SkX exhibits …

Stabilization of a two-dimensional quantum electron solid in perpendicular magnetic fields

MY Melnikov, DG Smirnov, AA Shashkin, SH Huang… - Physical Review B, 2025 - APS
We find that the double-threshold voltage-current characteristics in the insulating regime in
the ultraclean two-valley two-dimensional electron system in SiGe/Si/SiGe quantum wells …

Signatures of Correlated Defects in an Ultraclean Wigner Crystal in the Extreme Quantum Limit

PT Madathil, C Wang, SK Singh, A Gupta… - Physical review …, 2024 - APS
Low-disorder two-dimensional electron systems in the presence of a strong, perpendicular
magnetic field terminate at very small Landau level filling factors in a Wigner crystal (WC) …

Peak effect and dynamics of stripe-and pattern-forming systems on a periodic one-dimensional substrate

C Reichhardt, CJO Reichhardt - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
We examine the ordering, pinning, and dynamics of two-dimensional pattern-forming
systems interacting with a periodic one-dimensional substrate. In the absence of the …

Collective depinning and sliding of a quantum Wigner solid in a two-dimensional electron system

MY Melnikov, AA Shashkin, SH Huang, CW Liu… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We report the observation of two-threshold voltage-current characteristics accompanied by a
peak of broadband current noise between the two threshold voltages in the insulating state …