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Macroscopic uniform 2D moir\'e superlattices with controllable angles

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arxiv 2407.02600 v1 pith:ORQIK6NY submitted 2024-07-02 cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall

Macroscopic uniform 2D moir\'e superlattices with controllable angles

classification cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords moirstructuresanglesapplicationshighmacroscopicproductionsuperlattices
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Moir\'e superlattices, engineered through precise stacking of van der Waals (vdW) layers, hold immense promise for exploring strongly correlated and topological phenomena. However, these applications have been held back by the common preparation method: tear-and-stack of Scotch tape exfoliated monolayers. It has low efficiency and reproducibility, along with challenges of twist angle inhomogeneity, interfacial contamination, micrometer sizes, and a tendency to untwist at elevated temperatures. Here we report an effective strategy to construct highly consistent vdW moir\'e structures with high production throughput, near-unity yield, pristine interfaces, precisely controlled twist angles, and macroscopic scale (up to centimeters) with enhanced thermal stability. We further demonstrate the versatility across various vdW materials including transition metal dichalcogenides, graphene, and hBN. The expansive size and high quality of moir\'e structures enables high-resolution mapping of the reciprocal space back-folded lattices and moir\'e mini band structures with low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). This technique will have broad applications in both fundamental studies and mass production of twistronic devices.

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