Frontiers in Synthetic Moiré
Quantum Matter
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Robert Pool, Rapporteur
Condensed Matter and Materials Research
Committee
Board on Physics and Astronomy
Division on Engineering and Physical
Sciences
Proceedings of a Workshop
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FRONTIERS IN SYNTHETIC MOIRÉ QUANTUM MATTER WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEEE
AHARON KAPITULNIK, NAS,1 Stanford University, Chair
CHARLES AHN, Yale University
CLAUDIA A. FELSER, NAS/NAE,2 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of
Solids
PABLO JARILLO-HERREO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Staff
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer, Study Director
CHRISTOPHER JONES, Senior Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Associate Program Officer
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director (since April 2021)
JAMES LANCASTER, Director (until April 2021)
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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS RESEARCH COMMITTEE
SUSAN COPPERSMITH, NAS,1 University of Wisconsin–Madison, Chair
TOM WITTEN, University of Chicago, Vice Chair
CHARLES AHN, Yale University
RAYMUNDO ARROYAVE, Texas A&M University
KARIN DAHMEN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
THOMAS EPPS, University of Delaware
OLIVIA A. GRAEVE, University of California, San Diego
AHARON KAPITULNIK, NAS, Stanford University
ANTHONY KU, Independent Consultant
M. LISA MANNING, Syracuse University
CHARLES M. MARCUS, NAS, University of Copenhagen
NADYA MASON, NAS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
LESLIE MOMODA, HRL Laboratories
MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ, NAS, Northwestern University
ANA MARIA REY, University of Colorado Boulder
STEVEN J. ZINKLE, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Staff
CHRISTOPHER JONES, Senior Program Officer, Committee Director
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Associate Program Officer
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director (since April 2021)
JAMES LANCASTER, Director (until April 2021)
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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
ANDREW LANKFORD, University of California, Irvine, Chair
MEIGEN ARONSON, University of British Columbia
WILLIAM BIALEK, NAS,1 Princeton University
JILL DAHLBURG, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SALLY DAWSON, Brookhaven National Laboratory
LOUIS DIMAURO, The Ohio State University
CHUNG-PEI MA, University of California, Berkeley
ANDREW MILLIS, NAS, Columbia University
ANGELA VILLELA OLINTO, NAS, University of Chicago
DAVID REITZE, California Institute of Technology
SUNIL SINHA, University of California, San Diego
EDWARD THOMAS, JR., Auburn University
RISA H. WECHSLER, Stanford University
WILLIAM A. ZAJC, Columbia University
Staff
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director (since April 2021)
JAMES LANCASTER, Director (until April 2021)
GREGORY MACK, Senior Program Officer (until July 2022)
CHRISTOPHER JONES, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Associate Program Officer
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
DONALD SHAPERO, Senior Scholar
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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
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Contents
Magic-Angle Graphene and the Rise of Moiré Quantum Matter
Current Next-Generation Moiré Quantum Matter
Next Next-Generation Moiré Quantum Matter
2 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING MOIRÉ QUANTUM MATERIALS
Designing Flat Bands in Moiré Systems
Using Moiré Systems as a Quantum Simulator
Analyzing a Twisted Heterostructure
From Transition Metal Dichalcogenides to Complex Oxides
Using Epitaxy to Create Complex Oxide Superlattices
6 SLICING AND ALLOYING HALIDE PEROVSKITES
Creating Halide Perovskite Structures
Properties of Halide Perovskites
The Potential of Halide Perovskite Homo- and Heterostructures
7 TOPOLOGICAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN TWISTED CUPRATE DOUBLE LAYERS
Engineering a Bilayer Topological Superconductor
C Registered Workshop Participants