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Defects in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
Dnr:

NAISS 2023/22-658

Type:

NAISS Small Compute

Principal Investigator:

Lucas Baldo Mesa Casa

Affiliation:

Uppsala universitet

Start Date:

2023-06-20

End Date:

2024-07-01

Primary Classification:

10304: Condensed Matter Physics

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Abstract

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) hosts a set of moiré bands which become flat in the magic angle limit. As part of my PhD I investigated how lattice defects such as non-magnetic impurities and vacancies in TBG induce charge modulations both in the atomic and moiré scale due to the presence of these moiré bands. In this project I will continue to investigate how these defects affect the low-energy electronic structure of the system in the normal state and also extend the investigation to the superconducting state, where a nematic order has been showed to appear.