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Moiré-induced fragile topology and Chern bands in twisted organic kagome bilayers

Khalid N. Anindya* and Hong Guo

  • *Contact author: khalid.anindya@mcgill.ca

Phys. Rev. B 112, 155160 – Published 27 October, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/k9jx-1tgs

Abstract

We investigate the emergence of topological and correlated electronic phases in a twisted bilayer Kagome lattice constructed from carbonyl-triphenyl (CTP) supermolecules. Using symmetry-adapted moiré supercells and ab initio electronic structure calculations, we find that moiré modulation preserves the underlying Kagome node-localized wavefunctions while introducing momentum-selective interlayer hybridization. At a commensurate twist angle of θ=10.83∘, a nontrivial topological index Z2=1 is found from the non-Abelian Wilson loop analysis across the combined subspace of the near Fermi flatbands (FFBs). In contrast, at a twist angle of θ=11.46∘, while the net Chern number (C) of the full subspace remains zero, individual FFB acquires nonzero C=±1 despite the absence of explicit spin polarization. This topological response arises from Berry curvature redistribution driven by moiré-induced inversion symmetry breaking. Both topological phases are accompanied by the van Hove singularities near the Fermi level, suggesting a favorable environment for interaction-driven instabilities. Our results establish twisted supermolecular Kagome bilayers as a chemically tunable platform for realizing frustration-enhanced topological states and potential correlated quantum phases in organic systems.

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