Stepanov Group

We use two-dimensional materials to study emergent quantum phenomena with multiple experimental approaches, including microscopic high-quality 2D crystal assembly, cryogenic near-field microscopy and quantum transport. Broadly defined, we are interested in the following topics:

  • Manipulation of strong electronic interactions in graphene-based moiré materials.
  • Local photocurrent studies of strongly correlated phenomena in magic angle twisted bi/trilayer graphene heterostructures.
  • Plasmon polaritons in strongly correlated environment.
  • Studies of time-reversal and inversion symmetry breaking in moiré electronic flat bands.
  • Revealing coexisting superconductors and orbital ferromagnetic states in the same moiré device for further studies of exotic quantum phenomena.
  • Studies of pure spin transport in graphene antiferromagnetic insulators.
  • Quantum Hall effect in multi-Dirac band electronic systems.

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