Experimental studies on moiré materials have predominantly focused on twisted hexagonal lattice with low-energy states near the $\mathrm{\Gamma }$ or K points, where the electronic dispersion is typically isotropic. In contrast, we introduce a class of semiconducting transition metal carbides (MXenes) $M_2\mathrm{C}{T}_2$ $(M=\mathrm{Ti}, \mathrm{Zr}, \mathrm{Hf}, \mathrm{Sc}, \mathrm{Y}; T=\mathrm{O}, \mathrm{F}, \mathrm{Cl})$ as a new platform for M-valley moiré materials, which exhibit pronounced anisotropic properties. Using ${\mathrm{Ti}}_2{\mathrm{CO}}_2$ and ${\mathrm{Zr}}_2{\mathrm{CO}}_2$ as representative examples, we perform large-scale ab initio calculations and demonstrate that their AB-stacked twisted homobilayer hosts three threefold rotational-symmetry-related M valleys with time-reversal symmetry. These systems show striking anisotropic band flattening in the conduction-band minimum. To elucidate the underlying physics, we construct a simplified moiré Hamiltonian that captures the essential features of the band structure, revealing the origins of anisotropic flattening through the mechanisms of band folding and interlayer tunneling. Our findings expand the current landscape of moiré materials, establishing valley- and spin-degenerate, two-dimensional arrays of quasi-one-dimensional systems as promising platforms for exploring many interesting correlated electronic phases.

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• Electronic structure
• 2-dimensional systems
• Strongly correlated systems
• Twisted heterostructures
• Density functional theory