Two studies reveal that twisted MoTe2 hosts multiple topological flat bands, mimicking Landau levels without a magnetic field. These topological correlated states may enable non-Abelian excitations and advances in quantum computation.
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Fig. 1: Illustration of two systems hosting topological flat bands.
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Yasuda, K. Twisted path to Landau levels. Nat. Phys. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02837-5
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