Remote Moiré Modulation of Decoupled Dirac Subsystems in Twisted Trilayer Graphene

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Main Authors: Kim, Dohun, Choe, Junsik, Taniguchi, Takashi, Watanabe, Kenji, Cho, Gil Young, Kim, Youngwook
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Published: 2026
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author Kim, Dohun
Choe, Junsik
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Cho, Gil Young
Kim, Youngwook
author_facet Kim, Dohun
Choe, Junsik
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Cho, Gil Young
Kim, Youngwook
contents Moiré superlattices are generally assumed to act only at the interface where lattice mismatch or twist occurs. Here, we study charge transport in large-angle helical twisted trilayer graphene, where interlayer tunneling is strongly reduced. When only the top monolayer graphene is aligned with hBN, the electronic response reorganizes into a moiré-modulated monolayer and a remaining twisted bilayer graphene subsystem. Despite the absence of any explicit structural moiré in the twisted bilayer, we observe satellite-like features in its electronic response that run parallel to the primary spectrum and are locked to the density scale of the hBN/graphene moiré. These findings indicate that a moiré potential may not be confined to its structural interface and can, through electrostatic coupling, influence a spatially separated Dirac subsystem even in the absence of strong interlayer tunneling.
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spellingShingle Remote Moiré Modulation of Decoupled Dirac Subsystems in Twisted Trilayer Graphene
Kim, Dohun
Choe, Junsik
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Cho, Gil Young
Kim, Youngwook
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Moiré superlattices are generally assumed to act only at the interface where lattice mismatch or twist occurs. Here, we study charge transport in large-angle helical twisted trilayer graphene, where interlayer tunneling is strongly reduced. When only the top monolayer graphene is aligned with hBN, the electronic response reorganizes into a moiré-modulated monolayer and a remaining twisted bilayer graphene subsystem. Despite the absence of any explicit structural moiré in the twisted bilayer, we observe satellite-like features in its electronic response that run parallel to the primary spectrum and are locked to the density scale of the hBN/graphene moiré. These findings indicate that a moiré potential may not be confined to its structural interface and can, through electrostatic coupling, influence a spatially separated Dirac subsystem even in the absence of strong interlayer tunneling.
title Remote Moiré Modulation of Decoupled Dirac Subsystems in Twisted Trilayer Graphene
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12614