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ArticleNature communications2026

Highly tunable band structure in ferroelectric R-stacked bilayer WSe

Zhe Li, Prokhor Thor, George Kourmoulakis, Tatyana V Ivanova, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Hongyi Yu, Mauro Brotons-Gisbert, Brian D Gerardot

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Zhe LiInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-8517-0489
Prokhor ThorInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
George KourmoulakisInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Tatyana V IvanovaInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Takashi TaniguchiResearch Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105
Kenji WatanabeResearch Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119
Hongyi YuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Metrology and Sensing & School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University (Zhuhai Campus), Zhuhai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-3294
Mauro Brotons-GisbertInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7254-8292
Brian D GerardotInstitute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. B.D.Gerardot@hw.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0279-898X

Funding

European Commission (EC) 101208583MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H05233MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23H02052MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR24A5National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund) 12274477RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/P029892/1, EP/Y026284/1Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging TechnologyRoyal Society University Research Fellowship
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Abstract

Transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers unite two frontiers of quantum materials research: sliding ferroelectricity, arising from rhombohedral stacking, and moiré quantum matter, emerging from small-angle twisting. The spontaneous polarization of ferroelectric rhombohedral stacked homobilayers produces a highly tunable band structure, which, together with strain-induced piezoelectricity, governs the topology and correlated electronic phases of twisted bilayers. Here we present a systematic low-temperature optical spectroscopy study of rhombohedral stacked bilayer WSe

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