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Moiré-induced fragile topology and Chern bands in twisted organic kagome bilayers
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 , a nontrivial topological index 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 , while the net Chern number () of the full subspace remains zero, individual FFB acquires nonzero 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.