Researchers grow a twisted multilayer crystal structure for next-gen materials

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-multilayer-crystal-gen-materials.html

"epitaxial growth of 1 crystal layer onto another, twisted, but having same crystal orientation at gold interface... gold doesn't automatically align with top or bottom, but discovered way to enable it: heated to 500°C, sent electron stream through sample using transmission electron microscopy revealing gold nanodisc morphology, orientation and strain after annealing at different temperatures... twisting an epitaxial layer of metal on top of a semiconductor...  solar cells, quantum computers, lasers"