Graphene bilayers with a twist

EY Andrei, AH MacDonald - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Near a magic twist angle, bilayer graphene transforms from a weakly correlated Fermi liquid
to a strongly correlated two-dimensional electron system with properties that are …

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 …

Correlated insulating states at fractional fillings of moiré superlattices

Y Xu, S Liu, DA Rhodes, K Watanabe, T Taniguchi… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Quantum particles on a lattice with competing long-range interactions are ubiquitous in
physics; transition metal oxides,, layered molecular crystals and trapped-ion arrays are a few …

Simulation of Hubbard model physics in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices

Y Tang, L Li, T Li, Y Xu, S Liu, K Barmak, K Watanabe… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The Hubbard model, formulated by physicist John Hubbard in the 1960s, is a simple
theoretical model of interacting quantum particles in a lattice. The model is thought to …

Strongly correlated Chern insulators in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

KP Nuckolls, M Oh, D Wong, B Lian, K Watanabe… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Interactions between electrons and the topology of their energy bands can create unusual
quantum phases of matter. Most topological electronic phases appear in systems with weak …

Correlated electronic phases in twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides

L Wang, EM Shih, A Ghiotto, L Xian, DA Rhodes… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
In narrow electron bands in which the Coulomb interaction energy becomes comparable to
the bandwidth, interactions can drive new quantum phases. Such flat bands in twisted …

Intrinsic quantized anomalous Hall effect in a moiré heterostructure

M Serlin, CL Tschirhart, H Polshyn, Y Zhang, J Zhu… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect combines topology and magnetism to produce
precisely quantized Hall resistance at zero magnetic field. We report the observation of a …

Tunable correlated Chern insulator and ferromagnetism in a moiré superlattice

G Chen, AL Sharpe, EJ Fox, YH Zhang, S Wang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Studies of two-dimensional electron systems in a strong magnetic field revealed the
quantum Hall effect, a topological state of matter featuring a finite Chern number C and …

Cascade of phase transitions and Dirac revivals in magic-angle graphene

U Zondiner, A Rozen, D Rodan-Legrain, Y Cao… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Twisted bilayer graphene near the magic angle,,–exhibits rich electron-correlation physics,
displaying insulating,,–, magnetic, and superconducting phases,–. The electronic bands of …

Tunable correlated states and spin-polarized phases in twisted bilayer–bilayer graphene

Y Cao, D Rodan-Legrain, O Rubies-Bigorda, JM Park… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The recent discovery of correlated insulator states and superconductivity in magic-angle
twisted bilayer graphene, has enabled the experimental investigation of electronic …