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Anikeya Aditya

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MLM: Multi-Layer Moire -- A Python Package for Generating Commensurate Supercells of Twisted Multilayer Two-Dimensional Materials

Moire superlattices formed by stacking atomically thin two-dimensional materials with a relative twist angle have emerged as a versatile platform for engineering quantum electronic, optical, and ferroic properties. Computational modelling of such systems with periodic boundary conditions requires the identification of commensurate supercells in which the moire periodicity is reproduced exactly, or within a prescribed tolerance. While several codes exist for bilayer systems, extension to three or more layers with independently chosen twist angles remains a significant challenge. Here we present MLM (Multi-Layer Moire), an open-source Python package that constructs periodic, PBC-compatible moire supercells for an arbitrary number of twisted layers with any Bravais lattice type. The package employs a solve-and-round algorithm that reduces the coincidence-site search to an $O(N^2)$ linear-algebra problem per twist angle, compared to the O(N^4) brute-force enumeration required by conventional approaches. We demonstrate the package on bilayer graphene, bilayer and trilayer MoS$_2$, bilayer SrTiO$_3$, and a PbTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ oxide heterostructure, producing simulation-ready structure files for both VASP and LAMMPS. The fractional-coordinate atom-selection algorithm scales to supercells containing millions of atoms and is robust across all twist angles including very small angles below 1 degree.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Emerging Ferroelectric Domains: Stacking and Rotational Landscape of MoS2 Moire Bilayers

The structures and properties of moire patterns in twisted bilayers of two-dimensional (2D) materials are known to depend sensitively on twist angle, yet their dependence on stacking order remains comparatively underexplored. In this study, we use molecular dynamics simulations to systematically investigate the combined effects of stacking order and rotation in MoS2 bilayers. Beginning from five well-established high-symmetry bilayer stackings, we apply twist angles between 1 and 120 to the top layer, revealing a variety of relaxed moire structures. Our results show that the initial stacking significantly influences the moire domain configurations that emerge at a given twist angle. While all five stacking orders are metastable without twist, they form two moire-equivalent classes- AA/AB and AA',A'B,AB', i.e., for a given twist angle, structures within each class relax to the same moire configuration. Specifically, initial AA and AB stackings give rise to triangular ferroelectric domains near 0+/-3, while AA', A'B, and AB' stackings produce triangular ferroelectric domains near 60+/-3. At precisely 60 and 120 twists, the bilayers relax to into pure high-symmetry stackings, highlighting the rotational relationships between these configurations and explaining the shift of 60 in the ferroelectric rotational range. These findings demonstrate the critical role of stacking order in governing the rich moire landscapes accessible in twistronic systems.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci