{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(1)"],"submitter":["Chen Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["A recent experiment has reported unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer MoTe<sub>2</sub>, emerging from a normal state that exhibits a finite anomalous Hall effect - a signature of intrinsic chirality. Motivated by this discovery, we construct a continuum model for twisted MoTe<sub>2</sub> constrained by lattice symmetries from first-principles calculations that captures the moiré-induced inversion symmetry breaking even in the absence of a displacement field. Building on this model, we show that overscreening of the nominally repulsive Coulomb interaction gives rise to finite-momentum superconductivity in this chiral moiré system. Remarkably, the finite-momentum superconducting state can arise solely from internal symmetry breaking of the moiré superlattice, differentiating it from previously studied cases that require external fields. It further features a nonreciprocal quasiparticle dispersion and an intrinsic superconducting diode effect. Our results highlight a novel route to unconventional superconducting states in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides moiré systems, driven entirely by intrinsic symmetry-breaking effects."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["1077"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12852829"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Finite-momentum superconductivity from chiral bands in twisted MoTe<sub>2</sub>."],"pmcid":["PMC12852829"],"pubmed_authors":["Schrade C","Zhang Y","Xu C","Chen Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Finite-momentum superconductivity from chiral bands in twisted MoTe<sub>2</sub>.","description":"A recent experiment has reported unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer MoTe<sub>2</sub>, emerging from a normal state that exhibits a finite anomalous Hall effect - a signature of intrinsic chirality. Motivated by this discovery, we construct a continuum model for twisted MoTe<sub>2</sub> constrained by lattice symmetries from first-principles calculations that captures the moiré-induced inversion symmetry breaking even in the absence of a displacement field. Building on this model, we show that overscreening of the nominally repulsive Coulomb interaction gives rise to finite-momentum superconductivity in this chiral moiré system. Remarkably, the finite-momentum superconducting state can arise solely from internal symmetry breaking of the moiré superlattice, differentiating it from previously studied cases that require external fields. It further features a nonreciprocal quasiparticle dispersion and an intrinsic superconducting diode effect. Our results highlight a novel route to unconventional superconducting states in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides moiré systems, driven entirely by intrinsic symmetry-breaking effects.","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Jan","modification":"2026-06-16T07:25:13.571Z","creation":"2026-06-16T03:09:57.381Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12852829","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41501028"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-67836-9"]}}