# Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene moiré superlattice

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## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35213-5

## Date published

2022-12-08

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## Title

- title: Unconventional non-local relaxation dynamics in a twisted trilayer graphene
    moiré superlattice
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: The electronic and structural properties of atomically thin materials
    can be controllably tuned by as- sembling them with an interlayer twist. During
    this process, constituent layers spontaneously rearrange themselves in search
    of a lowest energy configuration. Such relaxation phenomena can lead to unex-
    pected and novel material properties. Here, we study twisted double trilayer graphene
    (TDTG) using nano-optical and tunneling spectroscopy tools. We reveal a surprising
    optical and electronic contrast, as well as a stacking energy imbalance emerging
    between the moiré domains. We attribute this contrast to an unconventional form
    of lattice relaxation in which an entire graphene layer spontaneously shifts position
    during fabrication. We analyze the energetics of this transition and demonstrate
    that it is the result of a non-local relaxation process, in which an energy gain
    in one domain of the moiré lattice is paid for by a relaxation that occurs in
    the other.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: und

## Creator

- name: Dorri Halbertal
  role: author
- name: Simon Turkel
  role: author
- name: Christopher J. Ciccarino
  role: author
- name: Jonas B. Hauck
  role: author
- name: Nathan Finney
  role: author
- name: Valerie Hsieh
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- name: Kenji Watanabe
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
  ror: https://ror.org/026v1ze26
- name: Takashi Taniguchi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
  ror: https://ror.org/026v1ze26
- name: James Hone
  role: author
- name: Cory Dean
  role: author
- name: Prineha Narang
  role: author
- name: Abhay N. Pasupathy
  role: author
- name: Dante M. Kennes
  role: author
- name: D. N. Basov
  role: author

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organization: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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## Keyword

- subject: Twisted double trilayer graphene
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- subject: lattice relaxation
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- subject: moiré domains
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- identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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## Journal

- title: Nature Communications
  issn: '20411723'
  volume: '13'
  issue: '1'
  article_number: '7587'

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- identifier: DE-SC0012704
  funder_name: U.S. Department of Energy

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