Moiré materials with strong spin-orbit coupling (B05)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 314695032

Project B05 investigates the impact of moiré superlattices on electronic excitations in tunable TMDC hetero-bilayers and homo-multilayers using electronic Raman scattering. Part A focuses on low-energy excitations of correlated states like Mott insulators and Wigner crystals in doped MoSe2/WS2 structures. In part B, electrically tunable intersubband transitions in multilayers, split by spin-orbit coupling, are investigated, which enables probing of relativistic effects and moiré signatures.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1277: Emergent Relativistic Effects in Condensed Matter: From Fundamental Aspects to Electronic Functionality
• Applicant Institution: Universität Regensburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Alexey Chernikov, until 12/2025; Professor Dr. John Lupton, since 1/2026; Professor Dr. Christian Schüller