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Superconductivity and strong electronic interactions in a moiré quasicrystal – part 2

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Abstract

We explore the moiré quasicrystal emerging from twisted trilayer graphene with two twist angles using magnetotransport. Using electrostatic gating we tune between separate regimes of dispersive band-like behavior and flat electronic dispersion, the latter hosting scattered electronic states and open Fermi surfaces, in good agreement with our spectral function calculations. We uncover both superconductivity and broken-symmetry states that may be related to similar phases in moiré periodic systems, but in the absence of periodicity, offering potential constraints on the order parameter symmetries. Our system establishes a new class of two-dimensional moiré quasicrystals that can be engineered using lattice twist angles, different materials, and electrostatic gates to tune the electronic properties.

Presenters

  • Sergio de la Barrera

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Sergio de la Barrera

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Aviram Uri

    MIT

  • Mallika T Randeria

    MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lincoln Laboratory, MIT

  • Trithep Devakul

    MIT

  • Daniel Rodan-Legrain

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Philip Crowley

    MIT

  • Nisarga Paul

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-044, Japan, NIMS, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, NIMS Japan

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, Kyoto Univ, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute of Materials Science, Kyoto University, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-044, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, National Institute For Materials Science, NIMS, National Institute for Material Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, NIMS Japan

  • Ron Y Lifshitz

    Tel Aviv University

  • Liang Fu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Raymond C Ashoori

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT