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Re:Twisting Stacked Graphene Reveals Potentially Powerful Su... by TuringTest on Monday August 13, 2018 @07:28AM (#17749313)
Who would have thought the Moiré interference pattern could have a large physical effect? The hexagons generated from the twist shown at the top image form clearly visible long paths.
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Re:Twisting Stacked Graphene Reveals Potentially Powerful Su... by Terr_ on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:21PM (#17751234)
To recycle some musings from a similar article a few months ago:

> Layperson question] Looking at that moire pattern shown in the 1.1-degree rotated sheets, I find myself wondering about quantum-tunneling. No good reason, just the visual appearance of relative "voids" when the sheets are in-sync.

> Is there any known (or theorized) relationship between superconductors and tunneling? Does the "pattern repeat distance" of those 1.1-degree-twisted sheets come close to some important threshold that relates to electron-tunneling?

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