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Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 44, Issue 1, 011901(2023)

Recent progress on fabrication and flat-band physics in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides moiré superlattices

Xinyu Huang1, Xu Han1,2,3, Yunyun Dai1, Xiaolong Xu4, Jiahao Yan4, Mengting Huang4, Pengfei Ding1, Decheng Zhang1, Hui Chen1, Vijay Laxmi4, Xu Wu1, Liwei Liu4, Yeliang Wang4,5、*, Yang Xu2,3、**, and Yuan Huang1,5、***
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  • 1Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 5BIT Chongqing Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, Chongqing 401332, China
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    Xinyu Huang, Xu Han, Yunyun Dai, Xiaolong Xu, Jiahao Yan, Mengting Huang, Pengfei Ding, Decheng Zhang, Hui Chen, Vijay Laxmi, Xu Wu, Liwei Liu, Yeliang Wang, Yang Xu, Yuan Huang. Recent progress on fabrication and flat-band physics in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides moiré superlattices[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2023, 44(1): 011901

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    Received: Nov. 15, 2022

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    Published Online: Feb. 22, 2023

    The Author Email: Wang Yeliang (yeliang.wang@bit.edu.cn), Xu Yang (yang.xu@iphy.ac.cn), Huang Yuan (yhuang@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/44/1/011901

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