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ArticleNature materials2025

Frozen non-equilibrium dynamics of exciton Mott insulators in moiré superlattices.

Shibin Deng, Heonjoon Park, Jonas Reimann, Jonas M Peterson, Daria D Blach, Meng-Jia Sun, Tengfei Yan, Dewei Sun, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe and 3 more

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Shibin Deng *Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-8078
Heonjoon Park *Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3895-9589
Jonas Reimann *Institut für Theorie der Statistischen Physik, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9179-5196
Jonas M PetersonDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Daria D BlachDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Meng-Jia SunDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-9257
Tengfei YanDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Dewei SunDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Takashi TaniguchiResearch Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105
Kenji WatanabeResearch Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119
Xiaodong XuDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. xuxd@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-2095
Dante M KennesInstitut für Theorie der Statistischen Physik, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. dante.kennes@mpsd.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9838-6866
Libai HuangDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. libai-huang@purdue.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-3624

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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-DOE-SC0025620U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0018171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moiré superlattices, such as those formed from transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures, have emerged as an exciting platform for exploring quantum many-body physics. They have the potential to serve as solid-state analogues to ultracold gases for quantum simulations. A key open question is the coherence and dynamics of the quantum phases arising from photoexcited moiré excitons, particularly amid dissipation. Here we use transient photoluminescence and ultrafast reflectance microscopy to image non-equilibrium exciton phase transitions. Counterintuitively, experimental results and theoretical simulations indicate that strong long-range dipolar repulsion freezes the motion of the Mott insulator phase for over 70 ns. In mixed electron-exciton lattices, reduced dipolar interactions lead to diminished freezing dynamics. These findings challenge the prevailing notion that repulsion disperses particles, whereas attraction binds them. The observed phenomenon of frozen dynamics due to strong repulsive interactions is characteristic of highly coherent systems, a feature previously realized exclusively in ultracold gases.

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