Moiré-induced fragile topology and Chern bands in twisted organic kagome bilayers
Twisting two carbonyl-triphenyl kagome layers produces a moir\'e superlattice with flat bands near the Fermi level and distinct, angle-selective topology. The authors find here a fragile \ensuremath{\mathbb{Z}}${}_{2}$ region at 10.83\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, identified by non-Abelian Wilson loops, and at 11.46\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} individual near-Fermi bands carry Chern numbers \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1 while the combined subspace remains neutral. Moir\'e-induced symmetry breaking generates Haldane-like loop currents and concentrated Berry curvature, establishing a tunable, all-organic platform where chemistry and twist jointly engineer correlated and topological electronic behavior with control.
Authors
- Khalid N. Anindya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-0081)
- Hong Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-7968)
Institutions
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/k9jx-1tgs
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25