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Moiré quantum chemistry: Charge transfer in transition metal dichalcogenide superlattices

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dc.creator Zhang, Yang
dc.creator Yuan, Noah F. Q.
dc.creator Fu, Liang
dc.date 2022-05-09T20:15:26Z
dc.date 2022-04-12T12:26:24Z
dc.date 2022-05-09T20:15:26Z
dc.date 2020-11
dc.date 2020-11
dc.date 2022-04-12T12:23:17Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-18T20:32:27Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-18T20:32:27Z
dc.identifier 2469-9950
dc.identifier 2469-9969
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141841.2
dc.identifier Zhang, Yang, Yuan, Noah FQ and Fu, Liang. 2020. "Moiré quantum chemistry: Charge transfer in transition metal dichalcogenide superlattices." Physical Review B, 102 (20).
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dc.description © 2020 American Physical Society. Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers have recently emerged as a robust and tunable moiré system for studying and designing correlated electron physics. In this Rapid Communication, by combining a large-scale first-principles calculation and continuum model approach, we provide an electronic structure theory that maps long-period TMD heterobilayer superlattices onto diatomic crystals with cations and anions. We find that the interplay between the moiré potential and Coulomb interaction leads to filling-dependent charge transfer between different moiré superlattice regions. We show that the insulating state at half filling found in recent experiments on WSe2/WS2 is a charge-transfer insulator rather than a Mott-Hubbard insulator. Our work reveals the richness of simplicity in moiré quantum chemistry.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher American Physical Society (APS)
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.201115
dc.relation Physical Review B
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dc.source APS
dc.title Moiré quantum chemistry: Charge transfer in transition metal dichalcogenide superlattices
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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