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Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice
The electronic and structural properties of atomically thin materials can be controllably tuned by assembling them with an interlayer twist. During this process, constituent layers spontaneously rearrange themselves in search of a lowest energy configuration. Such relaxation phenomena can lead to un...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36481831 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35213-5 |
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author | Halbertal, Dorri Turkel, Simon Ciccarino, Christopher J. Hauck, Jonas B. Finney, Nathan Hsieh, Valerie Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Hone, James Dean, Cory Narang, Prineha Pasupathy, Abhay N. Kennes, Dante M. Basov, D. N. |
author_facet | Halbertal, Dorri Turkel, Simon Ciccarino, Christopher J. Hauck, Jonas B. Finney, Nathan Hsieh, Valerie Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Hone, James Dean, Cory Narang, Prineha Pasupathy, Abhay N. Kennes, Dante M. Basov, D. N. |
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description | The electronic and structural properties of atomically thin materials can be controllably tuned by assembling them with an interlayer twist. During this process, constituent layers spontaneously rearrange themselves in search of a lowest energy configuration. Such relaxation phenomena can lead to unexpected and novel material properties. Here, we study twisted double trilayer graphene (TDTG) using nano-optical and tunneling spectroscopy tools. We reveal a surprising optical and electronic contrast, as well as a stacking energy imbalance emerging between the moiré domains. We attribute this contrast to an unconventional form of lattice relaxation in which an entire graphene layer spontaneously shifts position during assembly, resulting in domains of ABABAB and BCBACA stacking. We analyze the energetics of this transition and demonstrate that it is the result of a non-local relaxation process, in which an energy gain in one domain of the moiré lattice is paid for by a relaxation that occurs in the other. |
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spelling | pubmed-97319492022-12-10 Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice Halbertal, Dorri Turkel, Simon Ciccarino, Christopher J. Hauck, Jonas B. Finney, Nathan Hsieh, Valerie Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Hone, James Dean, Cory Narang, Prineha Pasupathy, Abhay N. Kennes, Dante M. Basov, D. N. Nat Commun Article The electronic and structural properties of atomically thin materials can be controllably tuned by assembling them with an interlayer twist. During this process, constituent layers spontaneously rearrange themselves in search of a lowest energy configuration. Such relaxation phenomena can lead to unexpected and novel material properties. Here, we study twisted double trilayer graphene (TDTG) using nano-optical and tunneling spectroscopy tools. We reveal a surprising optical and electronic contrast, as well as a stacking energy imbalance emerging between the moiré domains. We attribute this contrast to an unconventional form of lattice relaxation in which an entire graphene layer spontaneously shifts position during assembly, resulting in domains of ABABAB and BCBACA stacking. We analyze the energetics of this transition and demonstrate that it is the result of a non-local relaxation process, in which an energy gain in one domain of the moiré lattice is paid for by a relaxation that occurs in the other. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9731949/ /pubmed/36481831 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35213-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Halbertal, Dorri Turkel, Simon Ciccarino, Christopher J. Hauck, Jonas B. Finney, Nathan Hsieh, Valerie Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Hone, James Dean, Cory Narang, Prineha Pasupathy, Abhay N. Kennes, Dante M. Basov, D. N. Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
title | Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
title_full | Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
title_fullStr | Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
title_full_unstemmed | Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
title_short | Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
title_sort | unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36481831 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35213-5 |
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