activity
20242026
collaborators

6 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Twisted bilayer graphene from first-principles: structural and electronic properties

Albert Zhu, Daniel Bennett, Daniel T. Larson +3

We present a comprehensive first-principles study of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) for a wide range of twist angles, with a focus on structural and electronic properties. By empl…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Wavefunction textures in twisted bilayer graphene from first principles

Albert Zhu, Daniel Bennett, Daniel T. Larson +3

Motivated by recent experiments probing the wavefunctions of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), we perform large-scale first-principles calculations of tBLG with full ato…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Switching topological states via uniaxial strain in 2D materials

Joshua J. Sanchez, Raagya Aurora, Daniel Bennett +3

In topological materials, dissipationless edge currents are protected against local defect scattering by the bulk inverted band structure and band gap. We propose that large uniaxi…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Universal Symmetries in Twisted Moiré Materials

Mohammed M. Al Ezzi, Albert Zhu, Daniel Bennett +2

Two-dimensional multi-layer materials with an induced moiré pattern, either due to strain or relative twist between layers, provide a versatile platform for exploring strongly cor…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Stacking-dependent electronic structure of ultrathin perovskite bilayers

Daniel T. Larson, Daniel Bennett, Abduhla Ali +4

Twistronics has received much attention as a new method to manipulate the properties of 2D van der Waals structures by introducing moiré patterns through a relative rotation betwe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Accurate and efficient localized basis sets for two-dimensional materials

Daniel Bennett, Michele Pizzochero, Javier Junquera +1

First-principles density functional theory (DFT) codes which employ a localized basis offer advantages over those which use plane-wave bases, such as better scaling with system siz…