Recent progress on fabrication and flat-band physics in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides moir&#233; superlattices

Xinyu Huang; Xu Han; Yunyun Dai; Xiaolong Xu; Jiahao Yan; Mengting Huang; Pengfei Ding; Decheng Zhang; Hui Chen; Vijay Laxmi; Xu Wu; Liwei Liu; Yeliang Wang; Yang Xu; Yuan Huang

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