Mesoscale2026-08-011 minarXiv:2608.00488expressLight Turns an Insulator into a MetalUsually, light does not turn an insulator into a conductor: that requires powerful laser pulses that break the material's structure. But in twisted bilayer graphene at the magic angle, things are different.L. Elesin·A. L. Shilov·M. Kravtsov·X. Zhou·M. Lukianov·A. Kuksov·S. Jana·I. Iorsh·R. Izmaylov·K. Shein·I. Gayduchenko·T. Taniguchi·K. Watanabe·K. S. Novoselov·G. N. Goltsman·A. Principi·D. A. Banduringrapheneentropy👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced