Moiré pattern multiplicity driven by electronic effects in two-dimensional CrCl3/Au heterostructures
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| author | Gambari, Eugenio Du, Hugo Le Lizée, Mathieu Mukherjee, Arindam Limot, Laurent Scheurer, Fabrice D'angelo, Marie Debontridder, François Cren, Tristan Hervé, Marie |
| author_facet | Gambari, Eugenio Du, Hugo Le Lizée, Mathieu Mukherjee, Arindam Limot, Laurent Scheurer, Fabrice D'angelo, Marie Debontridder, François Cren, Tristan Hervé, Marie |
| contents | Moiré patterns are a central motif in van der Waals heterostructures arising from the superposition of two-dimensional (2D) incommensurate lattices. These patterns reveal a wealth of correlated effects, influencing electronic, magnetic, and structural phenomena. While diffraction techniques typically resolve multiple moiré wave-vectors corresponding to the incommensurate nature of the underlying lattices, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) often reveals only a dominant superperiod. In this work, we address this apparent discrepancy through an STM study of a twisted monolayer of CrCl3 on Au(111). We observe the coexistence of several moiré patterns at a fixed twist angle, whose relative intensity depends on the tunneling bias. Fourier analysis of STM data uncovers hidden higher-order moiré components not visible in STM topographic images, while spectroscopy maps reveal that the spectral weight of each pattern varies with electron energy. Our results establish that STM selectively probes on the same area distinct moiré modulations depending on electronic confinement, providing a unified framework that reconciles real space and reciprocal space observations of complex moiré superstructures. |
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| spellingShingle | Moiré pattern multiplicity driven by electronic effects in two-dimensional CrCl3/Au heterostructures Gambari, Eugenio Du, Hugo Le Lizée, Mathieu Mukherjee, Arindam Limot, Laurent Scheurer, Fabrice D'angelo, Marie Debontridder, François Cren, Tristan Hervé, Marie Other Condensed Matter Moiré patterns are a central motif in van der Waals heterostructures arising from the superposition of two-dimensional (2D) incommensurate lattices. These patterns reveal a wealth of correlated effects, influencing electronic, magnetic, and structural phenomena. While diffraction techniques typically resolve multiple moiré wave-vectors corresponding to the incommensurate nature of the underlying lattices, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) often reveals only a dominant superperiod. In this work, we address this apparent discrepancy through an STM study of a twisted monolayer of CrCl3 on Au(111). We observe the coexistence of several moiré patterns at a fixed twist angle, whose relative intensity depends on the tunneling bias. Fourier analysis of STM data uncovers hidden higher-order moiré components not visible in STM topographic images, while spectroscopy maps reveal that the spectral weight of each pattern varies with electron energy. Our results establish that STM selectively probes on the same area distinct moiré modulations depending on electronic confinement, providing a unified framework that reconciles real space and reciprocal space observations of complex moiré superstructures. |
| title | Moiré pattern multiplicity driven by electronic effects in two-dimensional CrCl3/Au heterostructures |
| topic | Other Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06462 |