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Two monolayers is greater than a bilayer

Flat sub-bands induced by moiré patterns and correlation effects are demonstrated in a twisted bilayer of the transition metal dichalcogenide WSe2 through a series of transport experiments.

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Fig. 1: Flat bands and correlation effects in twisted bilayer WSe2.

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Liu, J. Two monolayers is greater than a bilayer. Nat. Mater. 19, 824–826 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0733-5

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