3 papers
cond-mat.mes-hall2025
Single-photon detection enabled by negative differential conductivity in moiré superlattices
Krystian Nowakowski, Hitesh Agarwal, Sergey Slizovskiy +19
Detecting individual light quanta is essential for quantum information, space exploration, advanced machine vision, and fundamental science. Here, we introduce a novel single photo…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Machine-Learning Interatomic Potential for Twisted Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Accurate Structural Relaxation and Emergent Polarization
Wilson Nieto Luna, Robin Smeyers, Cem Sevik +2
The emerging ferroelectric properties of two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures are at the forefront of science and prospective technology. In moiré bilayers, twisting or heterostru…
cond-mat.mes-hall2024
Elastic Screening of Pseudogauge Fields in Graphene
Christophe De Beule, Robin Smeyers, Wilson Nieto Luna +2
Lattice deformations in graphene couple to the low-energy electronic degrees of freedom as effective scalar and gauge fields. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that the…