Condensed Matter, Volume 10, Issue 4
2025 December - 13 articles
Cover Story: Flat electronic bands, with their nearly dispersionless spectra, provide a unique platform for strong correlations, unconventional magnetism, and topological phenomena. This review summarizes the geometric and topological origins of flat bands, including destructive interference, compact localized states, and their connection to quantum metrics. We survey key material platforms—from engineered lattices and moiré structures to transition-metal compounds—where flat bands have been predicted or observed. Recent progress on correlation-driven ferromagnetism, superconductivity, and Hall responses is highlighted. We conclude by outlining open challenges and future directions toward realizing ideal flat-band systems. View this paper - Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
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