Inducing moiré electronic patterns in 2D materials using localized strain rather than manually twisting/ vertically stacking atomic sheets

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-strain-moir-2d-materials-stacking.html

"manual stacking tedious/ high defect rates, overcome using patterned substrate deforming single monolayer sheet, creating periodic, controlled nanostructures mimicking twisted bilayer interface electronic potentials without introducing physical interfaces/ structural misalignments... single-layer strain approach highly reproducible/ manufacturing-compatible... Moiré physics opens door to highly scalable 2D exotic quantum states, superconductivity, microelectronics"