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Observation of an isolated flat band in the van der Waals crystal NbOCl2
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Bao, Changhua, Eggers, Vincent, Meierhofer, Manuel
, Helml, Jakob
, Münster, Lasse, Ito, Suguru, Machtl, Leon, Zajusch, Sarah, Inzani, Giacomo, Wittmann, Ludwig, Liebich, Marlene
, Wallauer, Robert, Höfer, Ulrich and Huber, Rupert
(2026)
Observation of an isolated flat band in the van der Waals crystal NbOCl2.
Communications Materials 7 (60).
DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78695
Abstract
Dispersionless electronic bands lead to an extremely high density of states and suppressed kinetic energy, thereby increasing electronic correlations and instabilities that can shape emergent ordered states, such as excitonic, ferromagnetic, and superconducting phases. A flat band that extends over the entire momentum space and is well isolated from other dispersive bands is, therefore, ...
Dispersionless electronic bands lead to an extremely high density of states and suppressed kinetic energy, thereby increasing electronic correlations and instabilities that can shape emergent ordered states, such as excitonic, ferromagnetic, and superconducting phases. A flat band that extends over the entire momentum space and is well isolated from other dispersive bands is, therefore, particularly interesting. Here, the band structure of the van der Waals crystal NbOCl2 is revealed by utilizing photoelectron momentum microscopy. We directly map out an electronic band that is flat throughout the entire Brillouin zone and features a width of only ~ 100 meV. This band is well isolated from both the conduction and remote valence bands. Moreover, the quasiparticle band gap shows a high tunability upon the deposition of cesium atoms on the surface. By combining the single-particle band structure with the optical transmission spectrum, the optical gap is identified. The fully isolated flat band in a van der Waals crystal provides a qualitatively new testbed for exploring flat-band physics.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Communications Materials | ||||
| Publisher | Springer | ||||
| Open Access Type | DEAL (Springer Gold) | ||||
| Volume | 7 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter | 60 | ||||
| Date | 10 January 2026 | ||||
| Date of publication | 16 Feb 2026 12:14 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Huber > Group Rupert Huber | ||||
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Europäische Kommission (EU)
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| Keywords | Electronic properties and materials | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-786954 | ||||
| Item ID | 78695 |
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