The propagation of plasmons in graphene–hexagonal boron nitride moiré patterns is experimentally studied for the first time via infrared scattering near-field optical spectroscopy.
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Polini, M., Koppens, F. Plasmons in moiré superlattices. Nature Mater 14, 1187–1188 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4496
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