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Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture

The atomic reconstruction and stacking arrangement in twisted trilayer graphene with a range of varying twist angles are elucidated by four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy, revealing the hierarchical moiré of moiré superstructures that govern the structural symmetry at different length scales.

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Fig. 1: 4D-STEM dark-field imaging of TTG.

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Luo, R., Zhou, W. Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture. Nat. Mater. 23, 304–305 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01805-3

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