Observation of Moire Patterns in Twisted Stacks of Bilayer Perovskite Oxide Nanomembranes with Various Lattice Symmetries

The design and fabrication of novel quantum devices in which exotic phenomena arise from moire physics have sparked a new race of conceptualization and creation of artificial lattice structures. This interest is further extended to the research on thin-film transition metal oxides, with the goal of synthesizing twisted layers of perovskite oxides concurrently revealing moire landscapes. By utilizing a sacrificial-layer-based approach, we show that such high-quality twisted bilayer oxide nanomembrane structures can be achieved. We observe atomicscale distinct moire patterns directly formed with different twist angles, and the symmetry-inequivalent nanomembranes can be stacked together to constitute new complex moire configurations. This study paves the way to the construction of higher-order artificial oxide heterostructures based on different materials/symmetries and provides the materials foundation for investigating moire-related electronic effects in an expanded selection of twisted oxide thin films.

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This study reveals a method for constructing artificial oxide heterostructures based on high-quality nanomembrane structures, and provides a material foundation for investigating moire-related electronic effects in twisted oxide thin films.