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Moiré Materials Workshop

  • Organized by
  • Andrew Millis, Ph.D.CCQ Co-Director, Flatiron Institute
  • Allan MacDonald, Ph.D.University of Texas at Austin
Date & Time


  • Tuesday, May 30plus--large
    Morning:Strong Electronic Correlations in Moiré Materials
    9:00 - 10:00 AMCory DeanTuning the graphene bandstructure by superlattice patterning
    10:00 - 11:00 AMAli YazdaniVisualizing Complex Electronic States of Magic Angle Graphene
    11:00 - 11:30 AMCoffee Break
    11:30 AM - 12:30 PMKin Fai MakTopology and correlation in semiconductor moiré materials
    12:30 - 2:00 PMLunch
    Afternoon:Math and Physics of Artificial Quasiperiodic Structures
    2:00 - 3:00 PMMichael WeinsteinEdge states in rationally terminated honeycomb structures
    3:00 - 4:00 PMSvetlana JitomirskayaCantor spectrum for a toy 1D moire model. Preliminary results
    4:00 - 4:30 PMCoffee Break
    4:30 - 5:30 PMSimon BeckerMathematical properties of the chiral model of twisted bilayer graphene
  • Wednesday, May 31plus--large
    Morning:Density-Functional Theory for Moiré Materials
    9:00 - 10:00 AMStephen CarrManipulating topological properties of moire patterns with strain engineering
    10:00 - 11:00 AMEric CancesA mathematical perspective on Density Matrix Embedding Theory (DMET)
    11:00 - 11:30 AMBreak
    11:30 - 12:30 PMDavid VanderbiltTheory of Surface Orbital Magnetization
    12:30 - 2:00 PMLunch
    Afternoon:Math and Physics of Magic Angle Graphene
    2:00- 3:00 PMAndrei BernevigQuantum Geometry in Electron-Phonon Coupling and the Physics of Kagome Materials (ScV6Sn6 and others)
    3:00- 4:00 PMEslam KhalafDoping a Chern ferromagnet: charge excitations in graphene moire heterestructures
    4:00- 4:30 PMBreak
    4:30- 5:30 PMAlex WatsonAtomistic and continuum dynamics of twisted bilayer graphene
  • Thursday, June 1plus--large
    Morning:Superconductivity and Correlations in Graphene
    9:00 - 10:00 AMOskar VafekInteractions and Hofstadter subbands in twisted bilayer graphene
    10:00 - 11:00 AMDaniele GuerciChern mosaic and ideal flat bands in staircase twisted trilayer graphene
    11:00 - 11:30 AMBreak
    11:30 - 12:30 PMEva AndreiGraphene superconductivity with a double twist
    12:30 - 1:30 PMLunch
    Afternoon:Chiral Model of Twisted Bilayer Graphene
    1:30 - 2:30 PMMaciej ZworskiClassically forbidden regions in the chiral model of TBG
    2:30 - 3:30 PMLin LinInteracting models for magic angle twisted bilayer graphene and nature of the quantum anomalous hall phase
    3:30 - 4:00 PMBreak
    Moiré in Manhattan
    4:00 - 4:45 PMRaquel QueirozThe chiral limit of twisted semiconductors
    4:45 - 5:30 PMAndrew MillisMoire materials as a test-bed for correlated electron theories: the metal-insulator transition and beyond
    5:30 - 6:00 PMFree Discussion
  • Friday, June 2plus--large
    9:00am - NoonInformal meeting of collaboration participants
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