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Ruiheng Su^1,2, Dacen Waters^3,4, Boran Zhou⁵

¹Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

|January 22, 2025

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Area of Science:

Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Quantum Phenomena

Background:

Coulomb interactions can form Wigner crystals in 2D electron gases.
Anomalous Hall crystals are predicted topological electron crystals breaking symmetries.
Moiré potentials can drive novel electronic states.

Purpose of the Study:

To report signatures of a generalized anomalous Hall crystal in twisted bilayer-trilayer graphene.
To investigate the role of moiré potential in forming topological electron crystals.
To explore the tunability of topological properties and discover new correlated topological phenomena.

Main Methods:

Experimental observation of electronic crystal formation in twisted bilayer-trilayer graphene.
Characterization of the crystal at specific band fillings (e.g., ν = 1/4).
Investigation of tunable topological properties using electric and magnetic fields.

Main Results:

Signatures of a generalized anomalous Hall crystal observed at ν = 1/4, quadrupling unit-cell area.
Coincident integer quantum anomalous Hall effect with a tunable Chern number (±1).
Emergence of other topological electronic crystals at different band fillings (ν = 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/2) in a magnetic field.

Conclusions:

The moiré potential in twisted bilayer-trilayer graphene stabilizes a tunable topological electron crystal.
The observed phenomena highlight the importance of quantum geometry in interaction-modified bands.
This work paves the way for future discoveries in correlation-driven topological physics.