Palau Lab

Research focus

ERC Starting Grant · 2019

Probing topological valley currents by angular layer alignment in van der Waals heterostructures

The relative angular alignment between the stacked 2D layers of a van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure can dramatically alter its fundamental properties. A striking example is the recent observation of strongly correlated states and intrinsic superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene. Another remarkable effect of angular layer alignment predicted for certain vdW heterostructures is the emergence of phases of matter with non-trivial topological properties, where charge carriers flow without dissipation, being protected against perturbations. In graphene aligned with boron nitride (BN), such a phase has been predicted, with topological protection linked not to the spin, as commonly…

From the public funding record at EU CORDIS. Describes the funded project, not the reviews below.