2D Materials: Theory and Computation (DMP)

Presentations

• Electronic states and transitions in twisted bilayer graphene from large-scale first-principles calculations

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Publication: Zhu, Albert, et al. "Wavefunction textures in twisted bilayer graphene from first principles." arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.03675 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Albert Zhu

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Albert Zhu

    • Harvard University

  • Daniel Bennett

    • Harvard University

  • Daniel Larson

    • Harvard University

  • Mohammed Al Ezzi

    • Natl Univ of Singapore

  • Efstratios Manousakis

    • Florida State University

  • Efthimios Kaxiras

    • Harvard University

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• Flat Topological Bands with Bad Valley Quantum Numbers in Twisted Bi-Layer Graphene

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Publication: J.P. Rodriguez, "Flat Electron Bands with Bad Valley Quantum Numbers in Twisted Bi-Layer Graphene", arXiv:2410.18594 .

  Presenters

  • Jose Rodriguez

    • California State University, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Jose Rodriguez

    • California State University, Los Angeles

  • Abraham Bae

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• From Multi-Band Topology to Single-Band Quantum Geometry

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Chiranjit Mondal

    • Oak Ridge National Labratory

  Authors

  • Chiranjit Mondal

    • Oak Ridge National Labratory

  • Tom Berlijn

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Liangbo Liang

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Panchapakesan Ganesh

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• First-principles study of pressure-induced structural response in hBN-encapsulated van der Waals materials

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • JeeYong Lee

    • Yonsei University

  Authors

  • JeeYong Lee

    • Yonsei University

  • Hyoung Joon Choi

    • Yonsei University

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• Theory on super moiré tessellations and reconfigurable quantum dot arrays in twisted trilayer hexagonal boron nitride

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: [1] D. Park, C. Park, K. Yananose et al., Nature 641, 896 (2025).
  [2] K. Yananose, C. Park, and Y.-W. Son, arxiv:2504.14925 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Kunihiro Yananose

    • Korea Institute for Advanced Study

  Authors

  • Kunihiro Yananose

    • Korea Institute for Advanced Study

  • Changwon Park

    • Korea Institute for Advanced Study

  • Young-Woo Son

    • Korea Institute for Advanced Study

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• Twistorbitronics

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Pavel Volkov

    • University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Pavel Volkov

    • University of Connecticut

  • Jeane Siriviboon

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Enabling quantum Monte Carlo simulation of solids with large and low symmetry cells

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Ye Luo

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Ye Luo

    • Argonne National Laboratory

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• Topological Moiré Platform Based on  Γ-point Twisting

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Hanqi Pi

    • Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)

  Authors

  • Hanqi Pi

    • Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)

  • Yves Kwan

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  • Haoyu Hu

    • Princeton University

  • Yi Jiang

    • Donostia International Physics Center

  • Dumitru Calugaru

    • University of Oxford

  • Maia Vergniory

  • Andrei Bernevig

    • Princeton University

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• Stacking-Induced Topological Phase Transitions in Designer Bilayer Heterostructures

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Publication: A. Bordoloi, D. Kaplan, and S. Singh, "Tunable stacking-driven topological phase transitions in pnictide layers," arXiv:2504.21126 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Arjyama Bordoloi

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Arjyama Bordoloi

    • University of Rochester

  • Daniel Kaplan

    • Rutgers University

  • Sobhit Singh

    • University of Rochester

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• Numerical model for the complete THz spintronic emission process

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: "Numerical model for the complete THz spintronic emission process", Indrajit Wadgaonkar, Yingshu Yang et al., manuscript in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Indrajit Wadgaonkar

    • Nanyang Technological University

  Authors

  • Indrajit Wadgaonkar

    • Nanyang Technological University

  • Yingshu Yang

  • Marco Battiato

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