2D theoretically twistable material database
Science, vol. 393, pp. eadu1550
Abstract
The study of twisted two-dimensional (2D) materials, in which twisting layers create moiré superlattices, has created opportunities for investigating topological phases and strongly correlated physics. The broader potential of a seemingly infinite set of twistable 2D materials remains largely unexplored. Here, we define "theoretically twistable materials" as single- or multilayer structures that allow for the construction of simple continuum models of their moiré structures. Our high-throughput algorithm systematically searches for theoretically twistable semimetals and insulators based on the Topological 2D Materials Database(2D-TQCDB). By analyzing key electronic properties, we identify thousands of candidate materials, propose representative twistable materials, and provide examples of crystal growth and exfoliation for several of them. Our results provide a resource for future experimental and theoretical studies of moiré systems.
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Donostia International Physics Center
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
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University of the Basque Country
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Department of Physics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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Donostia International Physics Center
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
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Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Center for Computational Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
Tsientang Institute for Advanced Study, Zhejiang, China
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Princeton University · University of Oxford
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Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Rice Center for Quantum Materials (RCQM), Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Technical University of Munich
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Department of Physics, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Donostia International Physics Center
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
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Donostia International Physics Center
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
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Université de Sherbrooke · Institut quantique · Donostia International Physics Center
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
Département de Physique et Institut Quantique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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University of the Basque Country
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Department of Physics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris Sciences et Lettres · École Normale Supérieure - PSL · Sorbonne Université · Sorbonne Paris Cité · Université Paris Diderot · Princeton University · Flatiron Institute · Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure
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Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Laboratoire de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Ikerbasque · Donostia International Physics Center
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology
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Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Munich, Germany
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Rice Center for Quantum Materials (RCQM), Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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RWTH Aachen University · Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
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Institut für Theorie der Statistischen Physik, RWTH Aachen University and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology, Aachen, Germany
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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University of the Basque Country · Flatiron Institute · Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
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Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and ETSF, Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain
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Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter · Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
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Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
Songshan-Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Tsientang Institute for Advanced Study, Zhejiang, China
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Princeton University · Ikerbasque · Donostia International Physics Center
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Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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