Electronic liquid crystals and superconductivity in moiré semiconductors

Author: Mak, Kin Fai

Affiliation: MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter Hamburg

Type: Invited Talk

Session: Moiré and twisted superconductors

Date and Time: 21.07.2026, 11:15 - 11:45

Electronic liquid crystals made of quasi-one-dimensional stripes have been proposed as a viable route to high-temperature superconductivity. Moiré semiconductors provide a platform to test this idea. In this talk, I will discuss the observation of electronic liquid crystals in these materials and the emergence of superconductivity achieved by suppressing stripe ordering via gate control.