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most citedOptical detection of Mott and generalized Wigner crystal states in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices

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cond-mat.str-el2024★ 1 cited

Nature of excitons and their ligand-mediated delocalization in nickel dihalide charge-transfer insulators

Connor A. Occhialini, Yi Tseng, Hebatalla Elnaggar +7

The fundamental optical excitations of correlated transition-metal compounds are typically identified with multielectronic transitions localized at the transition-metal site, such…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 1 cited

Valley-polarized Exitonic Mott Insulator in WS2/WSe2 Moiré Superlattice

Zhen Lian, Yuze Meng, Lei Ma +14

Strongly enhanced electron-electron interaction in semiconducting moiré superlattices formed by transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) heterobilayers has led to a plethora of int…

cond-mat.str-el2023

Measurements of Correlated Insulator Gaps in a Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Moiré Superlattice

Xiong Huang, Dongxue Chen, Zhen Lian +8

Moiré superlattices of transitional metal dichalcogenides exhibit strong electron-electron interaction that has led to experimental observations of Mott insulators and generalized…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 52 cited

Quadrupolar Excitons and Hybridized Interlayer Mott Insulator in a Trilayer Moiré Superlattice

Zhen Lian, Dongxue Chen, Lei Ma +13

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) moiré superlattices, owing to the moiré flatbands and strong correlation, can host periodic electron crystals and fascinating correlated phys…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 6 cited

Strong Effects of Interlayer Interaction on Valence-Band Splitting in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Garrett Benson, Viviane Zurdo Costa, Neal Border +10

Understanding the origin of valence band maxima (VBM) splitting in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is important because it governs the unique spin and valley physics in mon…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 3 cited

Imaging Generalized Wigner Crystal States in a WSe2/WS2 Moiré Superlattice

Hongyuan Li, Shaowei Li, Emma C. Regan +11

The Wigner crystal state, first predicted by Eugene Wigner in 1934, has fascinated condensed matter physicists for nearly 90 years2-14. Studies of two-dimensional (2D) electron gas…