Tuning the twist angle in bilayer transitional metal dichalcogenides yields ordered structural phases with mesoscopically modulated electronic properties revealed by the combination of electron and scanning probe microscopies.
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Kalinin, S.V. Ordering with a twist. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 515–516 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0705-6
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