> Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is channeling some of his copious energy into a morning run, dodging startled pedestrians as he zips along, gradually disappearing into the distance. Can someone please write up TL;DR about the actual science without the details on what kind of coffee did the author sip while taking the interview?
When two sheets of graphene are stacked, and twisted with respect to one another, they form a metameterial, with properties partially dependent on the twist angle. At a twist angle of 1.1 degrees, the energy required for an electron in one sheet to tunnel to the other sheet drops to zero. The problem is that certain angles represent a lower-energy state than others, so twisting to a magic angle also requires overcomi…
You're a much better popular science writer than the author of the original article. Thank you.