Publications

2024

  • Topological flat bands in a family of multilayer graphene moiré lattices
    D. Waters, R. Su, E. Thompson, A. Okounkova, E. Arreguin-Martinez, M. He, K. Hinds, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Xu, Y.-H. Zhang, J. Folk, M. Yankowitz
    Nature Communications 15 10552 (2024)
  • Electronic interactions in Dirac fluids visualized by nano-terahertz spacetime interference of electron-photon quasiparticles
    S. Xu, Y. Li, R. A. Vitalone, R. Jing, A. J. Sternbach, S. Zhang, J. Ingham, M. Dilor, J. W. McIver, M. Yankowitz, R. Queiroz, A. J. Millis, M. M. Fogler, C. R. Dean, A. Pasupathy, J. Hone, M. Liu, D. N. Basov
    Science Advances 10, eado5553 (2024)
  • On the origin of anomalous hysteresis in graphite/boron nitride transistors
    D. Waters, D. Waleffe, E. Thompson, E. Arreguin-Martinez, J. Fonseca, T. Poirier, J. H. Edgar, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Xu, D. Cobden, M. Yankowitz
    arXiv:2410.02699 (2024)
  • Interplay of electronic crystals with integer and fractional Chern insulators in moiré pentalayer graphene
    D. Waters, A. Okounkova, R. Su, B. Zhou, J. Yao, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Xu, Y.-H. Zhang, J. Folk, M. Yankowitz
    arXiv:2408.10133 (2024)
  • Strongly interacting Hofstadter states in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
    M. He, X. Wang, J. Cai, J. Herzog-Arbeitman, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, A. Stern, B. A. Bernevig, M. Yankowitz, O. Vafek, X. Xu
    arXiv:2408.01599 (2024)
  • Topological electronic crystals in twisted bilayer-trilayer graphene
    R. Su, D. Waters, B. Zhou, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Y.-H. Zhang, M. Yankowitz, J. Folk
    arXiv:2406.17766 (2024)
  • Visualizing the microscopic origins of topology in twisted molybdenum ditelluride
    E. Thompson, K. T. Chu, F. Mesple, X.-W. Zhang, C. Hu, Y. Zhao, H. Park, J. Cai, E. Anderson, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Yang, J.-H. Chu, X. Xu, T. Cao, D. Xiao, M. Yankowitz
    arXiv:2405.19308 (2024)
  • Measuring and manipulating density of states in two-dimensional materials with electrochemical capacitance
    M. Yan, M. Kaiser, M. L. Sushko, Y. Zhou, H. Tang, C.-C. Tseng, M. Yankowitz, J. Yang, J. Liu
    DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4184677/v1 (2024)
  • Continuously tunable uniaxial strain control of van der Waals heterostructure devices
    Z. Liu, X. Ma, J. Cenker, J. Cai, Z. Fei, P. Malinowski, J. Mutch, Y. Zhao, K. Hwangbo, Z. Lin, A. Manna, J. Yang, D. Cobden, X. Xu, M. Yankowitz, J.-H. Chu
    Journal of Applied Physics 135, 204306 (2024)
  • Dynamically tunable moiré exciton Rydberg states in a monolayer semiconductor on twisted bilayer graphene
    M. He, J. Cai, H. Zheng, E. Seewald, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Yan, M. Yankowitz, A. Pasupathy, W. Yao, X. Xu
    Nature Materials 23, 224-229 (2024)

2023

  • Symmetry-broken Chern insulators in twisted double bilayer graphene
    M. He, J. Cai, Y.-H. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Li, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, D. H. Cobden, M. Yankowitz, X. Xu
    Nano Letters 23, 11066-11072 (2023)
  • Graphene-based analog of single-slit electron diffraction
    D. Saha, D. Waters, C.-C. Yeh, S. M. Mhatre, N. T. M. Tran, H. M. Hill, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. B. Newell, M. Yankowitz, A. F. Rigosi
    Phys. Rev. B 108, 125420 (2023)
  • High-pressure studies of atomically thin van der Waals materials
    L. G. Pimenta Martins, R. Comin, M. J. S. Matos, M. S. C. Mazzoni, B. R. A. Neves, M. Yankowitz
    Applied Physics Reviews 10, 011313 (2023)
  • Unravelling the magic of twisted trilayer graphene [News and Views]
    M. Yankowitz
    Nature Materials 22, 286-287 (2023)

2022

  • Gate-tunable proximity effects in graphene on layered magnetic insulators
    C.-C. Tseng, T. Song, Q. Jiang, Z. Lin, C. Wang, J. Suh, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. A. McGuire, D. Xiao, J.-H. Chu, D. H. Cobden, X. Xu, M. Yankowitz
    Nano Letters 22, 8495-8501 (2022)
  • Anomalous Hall effect at half filling in twisted bilayer graphene
    C.-C. Tseng, X. Ma, Z. Liu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J.-H. Chu, M. Yankowitz
    Nature Physics 18, 1038-1042 (2022)
  • Moiré coupling and other emergent phenomena in stacked van der Waals materials
    M. Yankowitz and K. F. Mak
    APL Materials 10, 080401 (2022)
  • Unusual magnetotransport in twisted bilayer graphene
    J. Finney, A. L. Sharpe, E. J. Fox, C. L. Hsueh, D. E. Parker, M. Yankowitz, S. Chen, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, C. R. Dean, A. Vishwanath, M. A. Kastner, D. Goldhaber-Gordon
    PNAS 119, e2118482119 (2022)

2021

  • Abrupt switching of the anomalous Hall effect by field-rotation in nonmagnetic ZrTe5
    J. Mutch, X. Ma, C. Wang, P. Malinowski, J. Ayres-Sims, Q. Jiang, Z. Liu, D. Xiao, M. Yankowitz, J.-H. Chu
    arXiv:2101.02681 (2021)
  • Unraveling strain gradient induced electromechanical coupling in twisted double bilayer graphene moiré superlattices
    Y. Li, X. Wang, D. Tang, X. Wang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. R. Gamelin, D. H. Cobden, M. Yankowitz, X. Xu, J. Li
    Advanced Materials 33, 2105879 (2021)
  • Competing correlated states and abundant orbital magnetism in twisted monolayer-bilayer graphene
    M. He, Y.-H. Zhang, Y. Li, Z. Fei, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Xu, M. Yankowitz
    Nature Communications 12, 4724 (2021)
  • Electrically tunable correlated and topological states in twisted monolayer-bilayer graphene
    S. Chen, M. He, Y.-H. Zhang, V. Hsieh, Z. Fei, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. H. Cobden, X. Xu, C. R. Dean, M. Yankowitz
    Nature Physics 17, 374-380 (2021)

2020

  • Hierarchical nanosheets built from superatomic clusters: properties, exfoliation and single-crystal-to-single-crystal intercalation
    J. A. Kephart, C. G. Romero, C.-C. Tseng, K. J. Anderton, M. Yankowitz, W. Kaminsky, A. Velian
    Chemical Sciences 11, 10744-10751 (2020)

2019

  • Switching 2D magnetic states via pressure tuning of layer stacking
    T. Song+, Z. Fei+, M. Yankowitz, Z. Lin, Q. Jiang, K. Hwangbo, Q. Zhang, B. Sun, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. A. McGuire, D. Graf, T. Cao, J-H. Chu, D. H. Cobden, C. R. Dean, D. Xiao, X. Xu
    Nature Materials 18, 1298–1302 (2019)
  • Tunable crystal symmetry in graphene–boron nitride heterostructures with coexisting moiré superlattices
    N. Finney+, M. Yankowitz+, L. Muraleetharan, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, C. R. Dean, and J. Hone
    Nature Nanotechnology 14, 1029-1034 (2019)
  • Large linear-in-temperature resistivity in twisted bilayer graphene
    H. Polshyn+, M. Yankowitz+, S. Chen, Y. Zhang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Graf, C. R. Dean, and A. F. Young
    Nature Physics 15, 1011-1016 (2019)
  • Maximized electron interactions at the magic angle in twisted bilayer graphene
    A. Kerelsky, L. McGilly, D. M. Kennes, L. Xian, M. Yankowitz, S. Chen, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Hone, C. R. Dean, A. Rubio, A. N. Pasupathy
    Nature 572, 95–100 (2019)
  • van der Waals heterostructures combining graphene and hexagonal boron nitride
    M. Yankowitz, Q. Ma, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and B. J. LeRoy
    Nature Reviews Physics 1, 112-125 (2019)

2018

  • Dynamic band-structure tuning of graphene moiré superlattices with pressure
    M. Yankowitz, J. Jung, E. Laksono, N. Leconte, B. L. Chattari, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Adam, D. Graf, and C. R. Dean
    Nature 557, 404-408 (2018)
  • Ambipolar Landau levels and strong band-selective carrier interactions in monolayer WSe2
    M. Gustafsson+, M. Yankowitz+, C. Forsythe, D. Rhodes, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Hone, X. Zhu and C. R. Dean
    Nature Materials 17, 411-415 (2018)

2017

  • Evolution of the electronic band structure of twisted bilayer graphene upon doping
    S. Huang, M. Yankowitz, K. Chattrakun, A. Sandhu, and B. J. LeRoy
    Scientific Reports 7, 7611 (2017)

2016

  • Pressure-induced commensurate stacking of graphene on boron nitride
    M. Yankowitz, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. San-Jose, and B. J. LeRoy
    Nature Communications 7, 13168 (2016)
  • Van der Waals heterostructures with high accuracy rotational alignment
    K. Kim, M. Yankowitz, B. Fallahazad, S. Kang, H. Movva, S. Huang, S. Larentis, C. Corbet, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Banerjee, B. J. LeRoy, and E. Tutuc
    Nano Letters 16, 1989-1995 (2016)

2015

  • Intrinsic disorder in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures
    M. Yankowitz, S. Larentis, K. Kim, J. Xue, D. McKenzie, S. Huang, M. Paggen, M. N. Ali, R. J. Cava, E. Tutuc, and B. J. LeRoy
    Nano Letters 15, 1925-1929 (2015)

2014

  • Band structure mapping of bilayer graphene via quasiparticle scattering
    M. Yankowitz, J. I-J. Wang, S. Li, A. G. Birdwell, Y.-A. Chen, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Y. Quek, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and B. J. LeRoy
    APL Materials 2, 092503 (2014)
  • Electric field control of soliton motion and stacking in trilayer graphene
    M. Yankowitz, J. I-J. Wang, A. G. Birdwell, Y.-A. Chen, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Jacquod, P. San-Jose, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and B. J. LeRoy
    Nature Materials 13, 786-789 (2014)

2013

  • Massive Dirac fermions and Hofstadter butterfly in a van der Waals heterostructure
    B. Hunt+, J. D. Sanchez-Yamigishi+, A. F. Young+, M. Yankowitz, B. J. LeRoy, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Moon, M. Koshino, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and R. C. Ashoori
    Science 340, 6193 (2013)
  • Local spectroscopy of the electrically tunable band gap in trilayer graphene
    M. Yankowitz, F. Wang, C. N. Lau, and B. J. LeRoy
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 165102 (2013)

2012

  • Emergence of superlattice Dirac points in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride
    M. Yankowitz, J. Xue, D. Cormode, J. Sanchez-Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Jarillo-Herrero, P. Jacquod, and B. J. LeRoy
    Nature Physics 8, 382-386 (2012)
  • Tunneling spectroscopy of graphene-boron-nitride heterostructures
    F. Amet, J. R. Williams, A. G. F. Garcia, M. Yankowitz, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, and D. Goldhaber-Gordon
    Phys. Rev. B 85, 073405 (2012)