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Moiré magnetism

Super-moiré spin textures revealed

Nature Nanotechnology volume 21, pages 326–327 (2026) Cite this article

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Quantum magnetometry on twisted CrI3 reveals moiré magnetism characterized by a period that exceeds the underlying moiré superlattice by an order of magnitude.

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Fig. 1: Experimental setup and observed super-moiré spin textures.
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  2. Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea

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Kim, KM. Super-moiré spin textures revealed. Nat. Nanotechnol. 21, 326–327 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-026-02123-2

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