- Li, Yanxing;
- Zhang, Fan;
- Ha, Viet-Anh;
- Lin, Yu-Chuan;
- Dong, Chengye;
- Gao, Qiang;
- Liu, Zhida;
- Liu, Xiaohui;
- Ryu, Sae Hee;
- Kim, Hyunsue;
- Jozwiak, Chris;
- Bostwick, Aaron;
- Watanabe, Kenji;
- Taniguchi, Takashi;
- Kousa, Bishoy;
- Li, Xiaoqin;
- Rotenberg, Eli;
- Khalaf, Eslam;
- Robinson, Joshua A;
- Giustino, Feliciano;
- Shih, Chih-Kang
Moiré superlattices based on van der Waals bilayers1-4 created at small twist angles lead to a long wavelength pattern with approximate translational symmetry. At large twist angles (θt), moiré patterns are, in general, incommensurate except for a few discrete angles. Here we show that large-angle twisted bilayers offer distinctly different platforms. More specifically, by using twisted tungsten diselenide bilayers, we create the incommensurate dodecagon quasicrystals at θt = 30° and the commensurate moiré crystals at θt = 21.8° and 38.2°. Valley-resolved scanning tunnelling spectroscopy shows disparate behaviours between moiré crystals (with translational symmetry) and quasicrystals (with broken translational symmetry). In particular, the K valley shows rich electronic structures exemplified by the formation of mini-gaps near the valence band maximum. These discoveries demonstrate that bilayers with large twist angles offer a design platform to explore moiré physics beyond those formed with small twist angles.