Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Department of Physics, and School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Nature. 2022 Feb;602(7895):41-50. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04173-z. Epub 2022 Feb 2.
Overlaying two atomic layers with a slight lattice mismatch or at a small rotation angle creates a moiré superlattice, which has properties that are markedly modified from (and at times entirely absent in) the 'parent' materials. Such moiré materials have progressed the study and engineering of strongly correlated phenomena and topological systems in reduced dimensions. The fundamental understanding of the electronic phases, such as superconductivity, requires a precise control of the challenging fabrication process, involving the rotational alignment of two atomically thin layers with an angular precision below 0.1 degrees. Here we review the essential properties of moiré materials and discuss their fabrication and physics from a reproducibility perspective.
将两个原子层略微错配以一定的旋转角度覆盖,会产生莫尔超晶格,其性质与“母体”材料明显不同(有时完全不存在)。这样的莫尔材料推动了在较低维度上对强关联现象和拓扑系统的研究和工程应用。对电子相(如超导性)的基本理解需要对挑战性的制造工艺进行精确控制,包括将两个原子层以低于 0.1 度的角度精度进行旋转对准。在这里,我们从可重复性的角度综述了莫尔材料的基本性质及其制造和物理特性。