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Twisted bilayer graphene is epitaxially grown between two adjacent Cu(111) surfaces, with the twist angle controlled by the rotation of the Cu foils as designed.

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Fig. 1: Epitaxial growth of TBG.

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Yang, SJ., Kim, CJ. Twisted growth by design. Nat. Mater. 21, 1215–1216 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01378-z

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