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Main Authors: Li, Si-yu, Wang, Zhongrui, Han, Yingzhuo, Xu, Shaoqing, Xu, Zhiyue, Wang, Yingbo, Wang, Zhengwen, Xue, Yucheng, Song, Aisheng, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Wang, Xueyun, Ma, Tian-Bao, Hong, Jiawang, Gao, Hong-Jun, Jiang, Yuhang, Mao, Jinhai
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20675
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author Li, Si-yu
Wang, Zhongrui
Han, Yingzhuo
Xu, Shaoqing
Xu, Zhiyue
Wang, Yingbo
Wang, Zhengwen
Xue, Yucheng
Song, Aisheng
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Wang, Xueyun
Ma, Tian-Bao
Hong, Jiawang
Gao, Hong-Jun
Jiang, Yuhang
Mao, Jinhai
author_facet Li, Si-yu
Wang, Zhongrui
Han, Yingzhuo
Xu, Shaoqing
Xu, Zhiyue
Wang, Yingbo
Wang, Zhengwen
Xue, Yucheng
Song, Aisheng
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Wang, Xueyun
Ma, Tian-Bao
Hong, Jiawang
Gao, Hong-Jun
Jiang, Yuhang
Mao, Jinhai
contents Nanoscale polar structures are significant for understanding polarization processes in low-dimensional systems and hold potential for developing high-performance electronics. Here, we demonstrate a polar vortex superstructure arising from the reconstructed moiré patterns in twisted bilayer graphene aligned with hexagonal boron nitride. Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals spatially modulated charge polarization, while theoretical simulations indicate that the in-plane polarization field forms an array of polar vortices. Notably, this polar field is gate-tunable, exhibiting an unconventional gate-tunable polar sliding and screening process. Moreover, its interaction with electron correlations in twisted bilayer graphene leads to modulated correlated states. Our findings establish moiré pattern reconstruction as a powerful strategy for engineering nanoscale polar structures and emergent quantum phases in van der Waals materials.
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spellingShingle Polar Vortex Superstructure and Its Coupling with Correlated Electrons in Quasiperiodic Moire Crystal
Li, Si-yu
Wang, Zhongrui
Han, Yingzhuo
Xu, Shaoqing
Xu, Zhiyue
Wang, Yingbo
Wang, Zhengwen
Xue, Yucheng
Song, Aisheng
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Wang, Xueyun
Ma, Tian-Bao
Hong, Jiawang
Gao, Hong-Jun
Jiang, Yuhang
Mao, Jinhai
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Nanoscale polar structures are significant for understanding polarization processes in low-dimensional systems and hold potential for developing high-performance electronics. Here, we demonstrate a polar vortex superstructure arising from the reconstructed moiré patterns in twisted bilayer graphene aligned with hexagonal boron nitride. Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals spatially modulated charge polarization, while theoretical simulations indicate that the in-plane polarization field forms an array of polar vortices. Notably, this polar field is gate-tunable, exhibiting an unconventional gate-tunable polar sliding and screening process. Moreover, its interaction with electron correlations in twisted bilayer graphene leads to modulated correlated states. Our findings establish moiré pattern reconstruction as a powerful strategy for engineering nanoscale polar structures and emergent quantum phases in van der Waals materials.
title Polar Vortex Superstructure and Its Coupling with Correlated Electrons in Quasiperiodic Moire Crystal
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20675