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Two-dimensional heterostructures with layers of slightly different lattice vectors exhibit a new periodic structure known as moire lattices. Moire lattice formation provides a powerful new way to engineer the electronic structure of two-dimensional materials for realizing novel correlated and topological phenomena. In addition, superstructures of moire lattices can emerge from multiple misaligned lattice vectors or inhomogeneous strain distribution, which offers an extra degree of freedom in the electronic band structure design. High-resolution imaging of the moire lattices and superstructures is critical for quantitative understanding of emerging moire physics. Here we report the nanoscale imaging of moire lattices and superstructures in various graphene-based samples under ambient conditions using an ultra-high-resolution implementation of scanning microwave impedance microscopy. We show that, quite remarkably, although the scanning probe tip has a gross radius of ~100 nm, an ultra-high spatial resolution in local conductivity profiles better than 5 nm can be achieved. This resolution enhancement not only enables to directly visualize the moire lattices in magic-angle twisted double bilayer graphene and composite super-moire lattices, but also allows design path toward artificial synthesis of novel moire superstructures such as the Kagome moire from the interplay and the supermodulation between twisted graphene and hexagonal boron nitride layers.
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