Anomalously enhanced diffusivity of moire excitons via manipulating the interplay with correlated electrons.

ABSTRACT: Semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) moiré superlattices provide an unprecedented platform for manipulating excitons. The in-situ control of moiré excitons could enable novel excitonic devices but remains challenging. Meanwhile, as dipolar composite bosons, interlayer excitons in the type-II aligned TMDC moiré superlattices exhibit strong interactions with fermionic charge carriers. Here, we demonstrate active manipulation of exciton diffusivity by tuning their interplay with correlated carriers in moiré potentials. When electrons form Mott insulators, the interlayer exciton energy is blueshifted due to strong electron-exciton repulsion, leading to the enhancement of diffusivity by as much as two orders of magnitude. In contrast, exciton diffusivity is suppressed at fracti

SUBMITTER: Yan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12657994 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature