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ReviewSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Strain Engineering of Twisted Bilayer Graphene: The Rise of Strain-Twistronics.

Yuan Hou, Jingzhuo Zhou, Minmin Xue, Maolin Yu, Ying Han, Zhuhua Zhang, Yang Lu

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Review in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuan HouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Jingzhuo ZhouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Minmin XueKey Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6629-6436
Maolin YuKey Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China.
Ying HanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Zhuhua ZhangKey Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China.
Yang LuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9280-2718
City University of Hong Kong · HKNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 12261160367NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme N_HKU159/22Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China RFS2021-1S05Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Program SGDX2020110309300301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The layer-by-layer stacked van der Waals structures (termed vdW hetero/homostructures) offer a new paradigm for materials design-their physical properties can be tuned by the vertical stacking sequence as well as by adding a mechanical twist, stretch, and hydrostatic pressure to the atomic structure. In particular, simple twisting and stacking of two layers of graphene can form a uniform and ordered Moiré superlattice, which can effectively modulate the electrons of graphene layers and lead to the discovery of unconventional superconductivity and strong correlations. However, the twist angle of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) is almost unchangeable once the interlayer stacking is determined, while applying mechanical elastic strain provides an alternative way to deeply regulate the electronic structure by controlling the lattice spacing and symmetry. In this review, diverse experimental advances are introduced in straining tBLG by in-plane and out-of-plane modes, followed by the characterizations and calculations toward quantitatively tuning the strain-engineered electronic structures. It is further discussed that the structural relaxation in strained Moiré superlattice and its influence on electronic structures. Finally, the conclusion entails prospects for opportunities of strained twisted 2D materials, discussions on existing challenges, and an outlook on the intriguing emerging field, namely "strain-twistronics".

Indexed as

2D materialsnanomechanicsstrain engineeringtwisted bilayer graphenetwistronics

Identifiers

PMID38616775
PMCPMC12272032
OpenAlexW4394820268

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