Twirling and spontaneous symmetry breaking of domain wall networks in lattice-reconstructed heterostructures of 2D materials

Autor: Kaliteevsky, M. A., Enaldiev, V. V., Fal'ko, V. I.
Rok vydání: 2023
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Lattice relaxation in twistronic bilayers with close lattice parameters and almost perfect crystallographic alignment of the layers results in the transformation of moir\'e pattern into a sequence of preferential stacking domains and domain wall networks. Here, we show that reconstructed moir\'e superlattices of the perfectly aligned heterobilayers of same-chalcogen transition metal dichalcogenides have broken-symmetry structures featuring twisted nodes ('twirls') of domain wall networks. Analysing twist-angle-dependences of strain characteristics for the broken-symmetry structures we show that the formation of twirl reduces amount of hydrostatic strain around the nodes, potentially, reducing their infuence on the band edge energies of electrons and holes.
Databáze: arXiv