Correlated Interlayer Quantum Hall State in Large-Angle Twisted Trilayer Graphene
Trilayer graphene offers systematic control of its electronic structure through the stacking sequence and twist geometry, providing a versatile platform for correlated states. Here we report magnetotransport in a large-angle twisted trilayer graphene with a twist angle of about 5°. The data reveal an electron-hole asymmetry that can be captured by introducing layer-dependent potential shifts. At charge neutrality (ν<sub>tot</sub> = 0), three low-resistance states appear, which Hartree-Fock mean-field analysis attributes to spin-resolved helical edge modes in the quantum Hall regime, analogous to quantum spin Hall-like configurations. At ν<sub>tot</sub> = -1, we also observe suppressed resistance when the middle and bottom layers are each half filled, while the top layer remains inert at ν = -2, consistent with an interlayer excitonic phase in the quantum Hall regime. These results demonstrate correlated interlayer quantum Hall phases in large-angle twisted trilayer graphene by combining spin-resolved helical edge transport with excitonic order.
Authors
- Gil‐Ho Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7619-8979)
- Jeil Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2523-0905)
- Takashi Taniguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105)
- Kenji Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119)
- Nicolas Leconte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1209-9656)
- Sen Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3246-3900)
- Gil Young Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4957-3013)
- Youngwook Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-6254)
- Dohun Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9687-2089)
Institutions
- Pohang University of Science and Technology (KR)
- University of Seoul (KR)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
- Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
- National Institute for Materials Science (JP)
- Institute for Basic Science (KR)
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2025-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c04989
- Primary Topic
- Graphene research and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00