Colloquium "The magic of moiré quantum matter" (Pablo Jarillo-Herrero)

Practical details:

In-person participation: Forum, Rolex Learning Center, EPFL

Followed by an apero.

The magic of moiré quantum matter

Prof. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA 

The understanding of strongly-interacting quantum matter has challenged physicists for decades. The discovery seven years ago of correlated phases and superconductivity in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene has led to the emergence of a new materials platform to investigate strongly interacting physics, namely moiré quantum matter.

These systems exhibit a plethora of quantum phases, such as correlated insulators, superconductivity, magnetism, ferroelectricity, and more.

In this talk I will review some of the recent advances in the field, focusing on the newest generation of moiré quantum systems, where correlated physics, superconductivity, and other fascinating phases can be studied with unprecedented tunability. I will end the talk with an outlook of some exciting directions in this emerging field.