Hubbard Model Physics in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Moiré Bands
Fengcheng Wu1, Timothy Lovorn2, Emanuel Tutuc3
1Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
Abstract:
Flexible long period moiré superlattices form in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals containing layers that differ slightly in lattice constant or orientation. In this Letter we show theoretically that isolated flat moiré bands described by generalized triangular lattice Hubbard models are present in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers. The hopping and interaction strength parameters of the Hubbard model can be tuned by varying the twist angle and the three-dimensional dielectric environment. When the flat moiré bands are partially filled, candidate many-body ground states at some special filling factors include spin-liquid states, quantum anomalous Hall insulators, and chiral d-wave superconductors.
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