Eva Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan MacDonald Win 2026 Kavli Prize for Twistronics
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Fionna Samuels
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The 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience has been awarded to physicists Eva Y. Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan H. MacDonald for their pioneering work in establishing the field of Twistronics. Their research demonstrated that the properties of graphene can be significantly altered by twisting its layers, opening up new possibilities in materials science and quantum physics.
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· 3 pulledOn June 10, the work of Eva Y. Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan H. MacDonald was recognized with the biennial Kavli Prize in Nanoscience.
The three physicists each played a pivotal role in establishing the field of Twistronics.
Eva Y. Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan H. MacDonald discovered that graphene's properties can be tailored by twisting its layers
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