Microelectronics Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nat Mater. 2022 Aug;21(8):884-889. doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01286-2. Epub 2022 Jul 7.
Alternating twist multilayer graphene (ATMG) has recently emerged as a family of moiré systems that share several fundamental properties with twisted bilayer graphene, and are expected to host similarly strong electron-electron interactions near the magic angle. Here, we study alternating twist quadrilayer graphene (ATQG) samples with twist angles of 1.96° and 1.52°, which are slightly removed from the magic angle of 1.68°. At the larger angle, we find signatures of correlated insulators only when the ATQG is hole doped, and no signatures of superconductivity, and for the smaller angle we find evidence of superconductivity, while signs of the correlated insulators weaken. Our results provide insight into the twist angle dependence of correlated phases in ATMG and shed light on the nature of correlations in the intermediate coupling regime at the edge of the magic angle range where dispersion and interaction are of the same order.
交替扭转多层石墨烯(ATMG)最近作为一类摩尔超晶格系统出现,它们与扭曲双层石墨烯具有一些基本的共同特性,并有望在魔法角附近具有类似强的电子-电子相互作用。在这里,我们研究了扭转角为 1.96°和 1.52°的交替扭转四层石墨烯(ATQG)样品,它们略微偏离了 1.68°的魔法角。在较大的角度下,我们发现只有当 ATQG 被空穴掺杂时,才会出现关联绝缘体的特征,而没有超导性的特征,对于较小的角度,我们发现了超导性的证据,而关联绝缘体的特征则减弱。我们的结果为理解 ATMG 中关联相的扭转角依赖性提供了线索,并阐明了在魔法角范围边缘的中间耦合区中关联的本质,在这个区域,色散和相互作用处于同一数量级。