Ultra-strong spin–orbit coupling and topological moiré engineering in twisted ZrS2 bilayers

Martin Claassen; Lede Xian; Dante M. Kennes; Angel Rubio

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31604-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Ultra-strong spin–orbit coupling and topological moiré engineering in twisted ZrS2 bilayers

Martin Claassen,
Lede Xian,
Dante M. Kennes,
Angel Rubio

Affiliations

Martin Claassen: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Lede Xian: Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
Dante M. Kennes: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science
Angel Rubio: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31604-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Studies of twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides have so far focused only on those containing group-VI metals. Here, the authors predict that twisted bilayers of ZrS2, with the group-IV metal Zr, form an emergent moiré Kagome lattice with a uniquely strong spin-orbit coupling, leading to quantum-anomalous-Hall and fractional-Chern-insulating states.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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