A lab mix-up stacked misaligned graphene layers, radically altering electron behaviors and leading to the new field of Twistronics. Learn more about how the 2026 #KavliPrize Laureates made novel #nanoscience discoveries in this @departmentofenergy.bsky.social story: bit.ly/4hcVSZZ
How Twisting Two-Dimensional Materials Led to a New Field of Research
Placing two lattices – like window screens – on top of each other and twisting one layer compared to the other creates intriguing patterns. In fact, there are toys based on the designs that emerge, ca...
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October 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A lab mix-up stacked misaligned graphene layers, radically altering electron behaviors and leading to the new field of Twistronics. Learn more about how the 2026 #KavliPrize Laureates made novel #nanoscience discoveries in this @departmentofenergy.bsky.social story: bit.ly/4hcVSZZ
International collaboration catalogs 9,000 2D materials, identifying 1,600+ candidates for twisting techniques that engineer novel electronic behaviors and quantum simulators beyond current platform limitations.
#Twistronics #QuantumMaterials #News
#Twistronics #QuantumMaterials #News
Electronic Structure Catalog Accelerates Quantum Material Design Through Twistronics
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October 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
International collaboration catalogs 9,000 2D materials, identifying 1,600+ candidates for twisting techniques that engineer novel electronic behaviors and quantum simulators beyond current platform limitations.
#Twistronics #QuantumMaterials #News
#Twistronics #QuantumMaterials #News
Sự hợp tác quốc tế lập danh mục 9.000 vật liệu 2D, xác định hơn 1.600 ứng cử viên cho các kỹ thuật xoắn tạo ra các hành vi điện tử mới và các mô phỏng lượng tử vượt quá những hạn chế của các nền tảng hiện tại.
#Twistronics #VậtLiệuLượngTử #TinTức
#Twistronics #VậtLiệuLượngTử #TinTức
Danh mục Cấu trúc Điện tử Đẩy nhanh Thiết kế Vật liệu Lượng tử thông qua Twistronics
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October 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Sự hợp tác quốc tế lập danh mục 9.000 vật liệu 2D, xác định hơn 1.600 ứng cử viên cho các kỹ thuật xoắn tạo ra các hành vi điện tử mới và các mô phỏng lượng tử vượt quá những hạn chế của các nền tảng hiện tại.
#Twistronics #VậtLiệuLượngTử #TinTức
#Twistronics #VậtLiệuLượngTử #TinTức
การร่วมมือระหว่างประเทศรวบรวมวัสดุ 2 มิติ 9,000 ชนิด โดยระบุผู้สมัครกว่า 1,600 ตัวสำหรับเทคนิคการบิดที่สร้างพฤติกรรมอิเล็กตรอนใหม่และเครื่องจำลองควอนตัมที่อยู่เหนือข้อจำกัดของแพลตฟอร์มปัจจุบัน
#ทวิสตรอนิกส์ #วัสดุควอนตัม #ข่าวสาร
#ทวิสตรอนิกส์ #วัสดุควอนตัม #ข่าวสาร
ระบบรวบรวมโครงสร้างอิเล็กตรอนเร่งการออกแบบวัสดุควอนตัมด้วยวิธีการ Twistronics
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October 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
On his path from theoretical particle physics to nanoscience, mentors, unexpected opportunities and a willingness to explore new territory eventually led him to the field of “twistronics” where his findings have helped expand the field of research into moiré quantum matter 2/3
October 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
On his path from theoretical particle physics to nanoscience, mentors, unexpected opportunities and a willingness to explore new territory eventually led him to the field of “twistronics” where his findings have helped expand the field of research into moiré quantum matter 2/3
Ultra-small-angle graphene twistronics with monolayer spacers: From interlayer hybridisation and moiré effects to high-temperature magnetotransport oscillations
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08505
Benjamin Fuller et al.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08505
Benjamin Fuller et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08505
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
October 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Ultra-small-angle graphene twistronics with monolayer spacers: From interlayer hybridisation and moiré effects to high-temperature magnetotransport oscillations
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08505
Benjamin Fuller et al.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08505
Benjamin Fuller et al.
Metamaterials and twistronics feature in Nobel physics predictions
Commentators have floated candidates ranging from John Pendry to researchers of antihydrogen. The
https://linksgraph.com/en/particle-physics-astrophysics-and-invisibility-cloak-tipped-for-physics-nobel
Commentators have floated candidates ranging from John Pendry to researchers of antihydrogen. The
https://linksgraph.com/en/particle-physics-astrophysics-and-invisibility-cloak-tipped-for-physics-nobel
October 6, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Metamaterials and twistronics feature in Nobel physics predictions
Commentators have floated candidates ranging from John Pendry to researchers of antihydrogen. The
https://linksgraph.com/en/particle-physics-astrophysics-and-invisibility-cloak-tipped-for-physics-nobel
Commentators have floated candidates ranging from John Pendry to researchers of antihydrogen. The
https://linksgraph.com/en/particle-physics-astrophysics-and-invisibility-cloak-tipped-for-physics-nobel
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1. Chihaya Adachi, Stephen R. Forrest & Mark E. Thompson (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes)
2. Hidetoshi Katori & Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero & Allan H. MacDonald (Twistronics and Magic-Angle Graphene)
1. Chihaya Adachi, Stephen R. Forrest & Mark E. Thompson (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes)
2. Hidetoshi Katori & Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero & Allan H. MacDonald (Twistronics and Magic-Angle Graphene)
October 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Google:
1. Chihaya Adachi, Stephen R. Forrest & Mark E. Thompson (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes)
2. Hidetoshi Katori & Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero & Allan H. MacDonald (Twistronics and Magic-Angle Graphene)
1. Chihaya Adachi, Stephen R. Forrest & Mark E. Thompson (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes)
2. Hidetoshi Katori & Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero & Allan H. MacDonald (Twistronics and Magic-Angle Graphene)
MS Co-pilot:
1. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Optical lattice clocks)
2. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Allan MacDonald, and Rafi Bistritzer (Twisted bilayer graphene / twistronics)
3. Peter Shor, Alexei Kitaev, and David Deutsch (Quantum error correction)
1. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Optical lattice clocks)
2. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Allan MacDonald, and Rafi Bistritzer (Twisted bilayer graphene / twistronics)
3. Peter Shor, Alexei Kitaev, and David Deutsch (Quantum error correction)
October 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
MS Co-pilot:
1. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Optical lattice clocks)
2. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Allan MacDonald, and Rafi Bistritzer (Twisted bilayer graphene / twistronics)
3. Peter Shor, Alexei Kitaev, and David Deutsch (Quantum error correction)
1. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Optical lattice clocks)
2. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Allan MacDonald, and Rafi Bistritzer (Twisted bilayer graphene / twistronics)
3. Peter Shor, Alexei Kitaev, and David Deutsch (Quantum error correction)
Join physicist Jim Al-Khalili as we discover how rotating two layers of graphene by just 1° can create entirely new electronic behavior including superconductivity, and helped launch the field of “twistronics.” Watch the full science explainer on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjru...
A twisted new field - The 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience explained
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October 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Join physicist Jim Al-Khalili as we discover how rotating two layers of graphene by just 1° can create entirely new electronic behavior including superconductivity, and helped launch the field of “twistronics.” Watch the full science explainer on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjru...
ChatGPT (Sol 5.6):
1. Eva Andrei, Allan MacDonald and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Twistronics)
2. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Qikun Xue or Nicola Spaldin (Quantum anomalous Hall effect or multiferroics)
1. Eva Andrei, Allan MacDonald and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Twistronics)
2. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Qikun Xue or Nicola Spaldin (Quantum anomalous Hall effect or multiferroics)
October 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
ChatGPT (Sol 5.6):
1. Eva Andrei, Allan MacDonald and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Twistronics)
2. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Qikun Xue or Nicola Spaldin (Quantum anomalous Hall effect or multiferroics)
1. Eva Andrei, Allan MacDonald and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Twistronics)
2. Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye (Development of optical lattice clocks)
3. Qikun Xue or Nicola Spaldin (Quantum anomalous Hall effect or multiferroics)
Chemistry World's feature editor steps away from the keyboard & behind the camera to capture the layered sheets of honeycomb-like structures & help depict James Mitchell Crow’s feature on the world of twistronics.
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@neilwithers.bsky.social #ChemSky
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October 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Chemistry World's feature editor steps away from the keyboard & behind the camera to capture the layered sheets of honeycomb-like structures & help depict James Mitchell Crow’s feature on the world of twistronics.
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@neilwithers.bsky.social #ChemSky
www.chemistryworld.com/features/twi...
Read here 👇
@neilwithers.bsky.social #ChemSky
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📰 NEW PAPER OUT!
Yingzhuo Lun and Xinxin Hu, under the supervision of @gustaucatalan.bsky.social and @jarbiol.bsky.social, showed that twistronics can generate polarisation vortices in a ferromagnetic metal, previously thought incompatible.
🧾 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠
🔍 https://f.mtr.cool/5kqcpzvzer
Yingzhuo Lun and Xinxin Hu, under the supervision of @gustaucatalan.bsky.social and @jarbiol.bsky.social, showed that twistronics can generate polarisation vortices in a ferromagnetic metal, previously thought incompatible.
🧾 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠
🔍 https://f.mtr.cool/5kqcpzvzer
October 2, 2026 at 12:08 PM
📰 NEW PAPER OUT!
Yingzhuo Lun and Xinxin Hu, under the supervision of @gustaucatalan.bsky.social and @jarbiol.bsky.social, showed that twistronics can generate polarisation vortices in a ferromagnetic metal, previously thought incompatible.
🧾 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠
🔍 https://f.mtr.cool/5kqcpzvzer
Yingzhuo Lun and Xinxin Hu, under the supervision of @gustaucatalan.bsky.social and @jarbiol.bsky.social, showed that twistronics can generate polarisation vortices in a ferromagnetic metal, previously thought incompatible.
🧾 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠
🔍 https://f.mtr.cool/5kqcpzvzer
Polarization vortices in a ferromagnetic metal via twistronics
->Nature | More on "Ferromagnetic materials and quantum physics" at BigEarthData.ai
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Polarization vortices in a ferromagnetic metal via twistronics
We acknowledge support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 12402183 and 12374080), the National Key Projects for Research and Development of China (grant no. 2021YFA1400300) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 1244057). We also acknowledge ICN2 and the Joint Electron Microscopy Center at ALBA (JEMCA) for providing key facilities and technical guidance. ICN2 is supported by the Severo Ochoa programme from the Spanish MCIN/AEI (grant no. CEX2021-001214-S), the European Regional Development Fund from the European Union (grant no. IU16-014206 (METCAM-FIB)) and the CERCA Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya. ICN2 is a founding member of e-DREAM. J.A. and X.H. acknowledge funding from Generalitat de Catalunya (grant no. 2021SGR00457). This study is part of the Advanced Materials Programme and was supported by MCIN with funding from the European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by Generalitat de Catalunya (In-CAEM Project). We acknowledge support from CSIC Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform (PTI+) on Quantum Technologies (PTI-QTEP+). This work has been funded by the European Commission–NextGenerationEU (Regulation EU 2020/2094), through CSIC’s Quantum Technologies Platform (QTEP). ICN2 acknowledges funding from grant IU16-014206 (METCAM-FIB) funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with the support of the Ministry of Research and...
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October 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Max Planck Institute & Rice University map 9,000 materials for quantum states
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https://quantumzeitgeist.com/map-quantum-states-max-planck/
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Max Planck Institute & Rice University Map 9,000 Materials For Quantum States
Researchers map quantum states in 9,000 atomically thin materials, seeking to design new quantum matter through “twistronics” – stacking layers and altering their angles to create unique electronic behaviors.
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September 30, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Max Planck Institute & Rice University map 9,000 materials for quantum states
Read more:
https://quantumzeitgeist.com/map-quantum-states-max-planck/
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A tiny twist can turn a non-magnet into a magnet, or an insulator into a conductor. In the case of graphene, it can turn a conductor into a superconductor.
James Mitchell Crow unpacks the world of twistronics:
www.chemistryworld.com/features/twi...
James Mitchell Crow unpacks the world of twistronics:
www.chemistryworld.com/features/twi...
Twisting 2D nanomaterials unlocks exotic quantum phases of matter
From superconductivity to fractional charge, strange and exotic states emerge when 2D nanomaterial bilayers are twisted into moiré superlattice structures. Chemists are joining force with physicists t...
www.chemistryworld.com
September 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
A tiny twist can turn a non-magnet into a magnet, or an insulator into a conductor. In the case of graphene, it can turn a conductor into a superconductor.
James Mitchell Crow unpacks the world of twistronics:
www.chemistryworld.com/features/twi...
James Mitchell Crow unpacks the world of twistronics:
www.chemistryworld.com/features/twi...
More than 1,600 atomically thin materials have electronic structures suited to twisting into possible quantum simulators. Their behavior in devices remains to be tested.
New catalogs map the quantum possibilities of atomically thin materials
Twistronics has become a new alchemy of materials. By choosing atomically thin layers, stacking them and changing their relative angle, researchers can create electronic behavior absent from the original ingredients.
phys.org
September 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
More than 1,600 atomically thin materials have electronic structures suited to twisting into possible quantum simulators. Their behavior in devices remains to be tested.
Precisely twisting 2D materials reveals fractional quantum states and unexpected superconductivity. Quantum twisting microscopes now enable researchers to explore these phenomena at specific angles—potentially paving the way for room-temperature superconductors and robust quan...
Twistronics Unlocks Exotic Quantum Phenomena in 2D Materials Without Strong Magnetic Fields
quantumzeitgeist.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Precisely twisting 2D materials reveals fractional quantum states and unexpected superconductivity. Quantum twisting microscopes now enable researchers to explore these phenomena at specific angles—potentially paving the way for room-temperature superconductors and robust quan...
Xoắn chính xác các vật liệu 2D tiết lộ các trạng thái lượng tử phân số và độ siêu dẫn bất ngờ. Các kính hiển vi xoắn lượng tử hiện nay cho phép các nhà nghiên cứu khám phá những hiện tượng này ở các góc cụ thể—có khả năng mở đường cho các siêu dẫn ở nhiệt độ phòng và những...
Twistronics Mở khóa các Hiện tượng Lượng tử Kỳ lạ trong Vật liệu 2D mà không cần Từ trường Mạnh
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September 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Xoắn chính xác các vật liệu 2D tiết lộ các trạng thái lượng tử phân số và độ siêu dẫn bất ngờ. Các kính hiển vi xoắn lượng tử hiện nay cho phép các nhà nghiên cứu khám phá những hiện tượng này ở các góc cụ thể—có khả năng mở đường cho các siêu dẫn ở nhiệt độ phòng và những...
Last week in Oslo, Allan MacDonald received the Kavli Prize for Nanoscience. A physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, he was honored for helping establish the field of twistronics. Read more: cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...
September 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Last week in Oslo, Allan MacDonald received the Kavli Prize for Nanoscience. A physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, he was honored for helping establish the field of twistronics. Read more: cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...
Couldn't it be post-Newtonian, since some fields of physics are still looking for laws?
"It’s too soon to say which theory, if any, will do the most to elucidate twisted bilayer graphene’s behavior or enable predictions of other phenomena in ... an emerging subject of study known as “twistronics.”"
"It’s too soon to say which theory, if any, will do the most to elucidate twisted bilayer graphene’s behavior or enable predictions of other phenomena in ... an emerging subject of study known as “twistronics.”"
What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle? | Quanta Magazine
A new theoretical model may help explain the shocking onset of superconductivity in stacked, twisted carbon sheets.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Couldn't it be post-Newtonian, since some fields of physics are still looking for laws?
"It’s too soon to say which theory, if any, will do the most to elucidate twisted bilayer graphene’s behavior or enable predictions of other phenomena in ... an emerging subject of study known as “twistronics.”"
"It’s too soon to say which theory, if any, will do the most to elucidate twisted bilayer graphene’s behavior or enable predictions of other phenomena in ... an emerging subject of study known as “twistronics.”"
Using twistronics, scientists uncover strong interlayer coupling in electron transport near a van der Waals quasicrystalline regime in bilayer graphene, giving an accessible energy window to quasiperiodic coupling.
Learn more: https://go.aps.org/45ZxPIU
Learn more: https://go.aps.org/45ZxPIU
August 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Using twistronics, scientists uncover strong interlayer coupling in electron transport near a van der Waals quasicrystalline regime in bilayer graphene, giving an accessible energy window to quasiperiodic coupling.
Learn more: https://go.aps.org/45ZxPIU
Learn more: https://go.aps.org/45ZxPIU
Polarization Vortices in a Ferromagnetic Metal via Twistronics https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17742
August 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Polarization Vortices in a Ferromagnetic Metal via Twistronics https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17742
2) Deutsch, Shor, for their seminal contributions to quantum algorithms
Now, my wish list:
1) Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and Allan Macdonald, for their seminal contributions to twistronics
2) Steve White, for inventing DMRG
3) Berry, for obvious reasons.
Now, my wish list:
1) Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and Allan Macdonald, for their seminal contributions to twistronics
2) Steve White, for inventing DMRG
3) Berry, for obvious reasons.
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
2) Deutsch, Shor, for their seminal contributions to quantum algorithms
Now, my wish list:
1) Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and Allan Macdonald, for their seminal contributions to twistronics
2) Steve White, for inventing DMRG
3) Berry, for obvious reasons.
Now, my wish list:
1) Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and Allan Macdonald, for their seminal contributions to twistronics
2) Steve White, for inventing DMRG
3) Berry, for obvious reasons.
Physicists discover and explain unexpected #magnetism in atomically thin material
#helicity #twistronics #graphene
phys.org/news/2025-01...
January 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Physicists discover and explain unexpected #magnetism in atomically thin material
#helicity #twistronics #graphene
phys.org/news/2025-01...