# Twist-programmable superconductivity in spin–orbit-coupled bilayer graphene

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2026-07-01T06:50:33.135779Z

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2026-07-03T05:36:53.606570Z

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## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08959-3

## Date published

2025-05-15

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2025-5-15

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## Title

- title: Twist-programmable superconductivity in spin–orbit-coupled bilayer graphene
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: The relative twist angle between layers of near-lattice-matched van
    der Waals materials is critical for the emergent phenomena associated with moiré
    flat bands1,2,3. However, the concept of angle rotation control is not exclusive
    to moiré superlattices in which electrons directly experience a twist-angle-dependent
    periodic potential. Instead, it can also be used to induce programmable symmetry-breaking
    perturbations with the goal of stabilizing desired correlated states. Here we
    experimentally demonstrate ‘moiréless’ twist-tuning of superconductivity together
    with other correlated orders in Bernal bilayer graphene proximitized by tungsten
    diselenide. The precise alignment between the two materials systematically controls
    the strength of induced Ising spin–orbit coupling (SOC), profoundly altering the
    phase diagram. As Ising SOC is increased, superconductivity onsets at a higher
    displacement field and features a higher critical temperature, reaching up to
    0.5 K. Within the main superconducting dome and in the strong Ising SOC limit,
    we find an unusual phase transition characterized by a nematic redistribution
    of holes among trigonally warped Fermi pockets and enhanced resilience to in-plane
    magnetic fields. The superconducting behaviour is theoretically compatible with
    the prominent role of interband interactions between symmetry-breaking Fermi pockets.
    Moreover, we identify two additional superconducting regions, one of which descends
    from an inter-valley coherent normal state and shows a Pauli-limit violation ratio
    exceeding 40, among the highest for all known superconductors4,5,6,7. Our results
    provide insights into ultraclean graphene superconductors and underscore the potential
    of utilizing moiréless-twist engineering across a wide range of van der Waals
    heterostructures.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: en

## Creator

- name: Yiran Zhang
  role: author
- name: Gal Shavit
  role: author
- name: Huiyang Ma
  role: author
- name: Youngjoon Han
  role: author
- name: Chi Wang Siu
  role: author
- name: Ankan Mukherjee
  role: author
- name: Kenji Watanabe
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Takashi Taniguchi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: David Hsieh
  role: author
- name: Cyprian Lewandowski
  role: author
- name: Felix von Oppen
  role: author
- name: Yuval Oreg
  role: author
- name: Stevan Nadj-Perge
  role: author

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organization: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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## Keyword

- subject: Moiréless twist-tuning
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- subject: Superconductivity
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- subject: Ising spin-orbit coupling
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## Rights

- description: 'This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after
    peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of
    use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements,
    or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08959-3.'
  identifier: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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- data_origin_type: other

## Embargo

start_date: 2025-05-07
end_date: 2025-11-07

## Journal

- title: Nature
  issn: '00280836'
  volume: '641'
  issue: '8063'
  start_page: 625
  end_page: 631

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