2D theoretically twistable material database
The study of twisted two-dimensional (2D) materials, in which twisting layers create moiré superlattices, has created opportunities for investigating topological phases and strongly correlated physics. The broader potential of a seemingly infinite set of twistable 2D materials remains largely unexplored. Here, we define “theoretically twistable materials” as single- or multilayer structures that allow for the construction of simple continuum models of their moiré structures. Our high-throughput algorithm systematically searches for theoretically twistable semimetals and insulators based on the Topological 2D Materials Database (2D-TQCDB). By analyzing key electronic properties, we identify thousands of candidate materials, propose representative twistable materials, and provide examples of crystal growth and exfoliation for several of them. Our results provide a resource for future experimental and theoretical studies of moiré systems.
Authors
- Lede Xian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9595-2404)
- Dante Marvin Kennes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9838-6866)
- Maia G. Vergniory (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-3062)
- Nicolas Regnault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0210-2428)
- Zuhan Geng
- Kin Fai Mak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-199X)
- Jiaze Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1813-9521)
- Dumitru Călugăru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5897-9878)
- Leslie Mareike Schoop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3459-4241)
- Hanqi Pi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7828-458X)
- Yongsong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8962-4009)
- Bogdan Andrei Bernevig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6337-4024)
- Martin Claassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-0588)
- Ángel Gutiérrez Rubio
- Dmitri K. Efetov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-0462)
- E. Morosan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6076-9204)
- Urko Petralanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-0028)
- Luis Elcoro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5427-0984)
- Qiaoling Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-2581)
- Miguel M. Ugeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7913-1617)
- Jie Shan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1270-9386)
- Grigorii Skorupskii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7089-2724)
- Garen Avedissian
- Haoyu Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-1590)
- Claudia Felser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-2063)
- Soumyajit Samal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-8334)
- Jiacheng Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5524-5756)
- Yi Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0409-4692)
- Dongyang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0151-3102)
- Peter Höhn
- Vicky Haase
- Rose Albu Mustaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1116-6295)
- Abdelmajid Ouahchi
Institutions
- Ikerbasque (ES)
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- Princeton University (US)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Cornell University (US)
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (DE)
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory (CN)
- Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (FR)
- European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (BE)
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (DE)
- Flatiron Health (United States) (US)
- Flatiron Institute (US)
- Donostia International Physics Center (ES)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Sichuan Normal University (CN)
- Rice University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science
- Published
- 2026-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adu1550
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Manufacturing Process and Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00