2023
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi6063
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Magic-angle helical trilayer graphene

Trithep Devakul,
Patrick J. Ledwith,
Li-Qiao Xia
et al.

Abstract: We propose magic-angle helical trilayer graphene (HTG), a helical structure featuring identical rotation angles between three consecutive layers of graphene, as a unique and experimentally accessible platform for realizing exotic correlated topological states of matter. While nominally forming a supermoiré (or moiré-of-moiré) structure, we show that HTG locally relaxes into large regions of a periodic single-moiré structure realizing flat topological bands carrying nontrivial valley Chern number. These bands f… Show more

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“…In tBLG, the tight-binding Hamiltonian has been shown to match with the ab initio calculated band structure (Figure S8) and with observed insulating states . In the trilayer system, the zero-energy flat bands from the code agrees with the observed semimetallic resistance peaks and closely aligns with recent experimental findings. As a result, we have a high level of confidence in the accuracy of the DoS. An expression to quantify the uncertainty in rates from DoS has been derived in the Supporting Information.…”
Section: Methodssupporting
confidence: 75%
“…In tBLG, the tight-binding Hamiltonian has been shown to match with the ab initio calculated band structure (Figure S8) and with observed insulating states . In the trilayer system, the zero-energy flat bands from the code agrees with the observed semimetallic resistance peaks and closely aligns with recent experimental findings. As a result, we have a high level of confidence in the accuracy of the DoS. An expression to quantify the uncertainty in rates from DoS has been derived in the Supporting Information.…”
Section: Methodssupporting
confidence: 75%
“…These modes are characterized by enhanced correlations and electrically tunable properties, forming the basis for an expanding theoretical literature employing bosonization [21,[66][67][68][70][71][72]. In addition to TBG [30,32,35,36,38,40,45,73], the explored one-dimensional modes also appear in a wider range of nanoscale systems, including twisted bilayer WTe 2 [63,64,74] and twisted trilayer graphene [61,62]. Our work suggests that the exploration of domain wall network in twisted structures can open avenues for understanding and manipulating correlated phenomena in nanoscale systems.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…Given that stronger confinement of the domain wall modes is expected in the presence of relaxation, larger twist angles are possible for the feasible range of TLL description. Furthermore, while we focus on TBG in the present work, the procedure outlined above can be extended to other systems [61][62][63][64] in which similar onedimensional channels have been identified.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Prosperous and tremendous theoretical and experimental studies on moiré structures are still ongoing to open new avenues for physics and potential applications. Twist-angle induced moiré potentials are appearing in other structures, such as moiré of moiré graphene layers [268][269][270], TBG-hBN heterostructure [271][272][273][274], TBG-TMDC heterostructure [27], twisted three-dimensional systems [275][276][277], and so on. Beyond aforementioned non-twisted moiré heterostructures, studies of MoS 2 -metal moiré systems [278], and non-twisted TMDC bilayer moiré heterostructures such as MoTe 2 /WSe 2 are also arising [279,280].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%