Rupini V. Kamat
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Aaron L. Sharpe
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Mihir Pendharkar
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Jenny Hu
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Steven J. Tran
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Gregory Zaborski
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Marisa Hocking
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Joe Finney
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Kenji Watanabe
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Takashi Taniguchi
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Marc A. Kastner
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Andrew J. Mannix
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Tony Heinz
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David Goldhaber-Gordon
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(abstract)The electronic properties of moiré heterostructures depend sensitively on the relative orientation between layers of the stack. As one example, near-magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) commonly shows superconductivity, yet a TBG sample where one of the graphene layers was rotationally aligned to a hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) cladding layer instead provided the first experimental observation of orbital ferromagnetism. To create samples with aligned graphene/hBN, researchers often align edges of exfoliated flakes that appear straight in optical micrographs. However, graphene or hBN can cleave along either zig-zag or armchair lattice directions, introducing a 30◦ ambiguity in the relative orientation of two flakes. By characterizing the crystal lattice orientation of exfoliated flakes prior to stacking using Raman and second-harmonic generation for graphene and hBN, respectively, we can now unambiguously align monolayer graphene to hBN at a near-0◦, not 30◦, relative twist angle. We confirm this alignment by torsional force microscopy (TFM) of the graphene/hBN moiré on an open-face stack, and then by cryogenic transport measurements, after full encapsulation with a second, non-aligned hBN layer. This work demonstrates a key step toward systematically exploring the effects of the relative twist angle between dissimilar materials within moiré heterostructures.
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Keyword: Moiré heterostructures, graphene, hBN cladding
Date published: 2024-09-27
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (ISSN: 00278424) vol. 121 issue. 40
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- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation GBMF9460
- JSPS KAKENHI 21H05233
- JSPS KAKENHI 23H02052
- DOE | Office of Science DE-AC02-76SF00515
- DOE | Office of Science DE-AC02-76SF00515
- National Science Foundation ECCS-2026822
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First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2410993121
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