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  "abstract": "Random layer rotations are ubiquitous in layered matter, from turbostratic films to rotationally disordered crystals, and strongly suppress transport across the layers. Generated by a symmetry operation, this disorder is absent on the rotation axis, so the thickness laws of conduction are set by how fast backscattering vanishes there. We show that a time-reversal selection rule decides this: each twist harmonic of the interlayer bond is either a frame rotation, whose backscattering cancels, or a coupling change, which scatters. A zero-set theorem turns the rule into universal thickness laws for electrons and phonons, fixed by band-edge symmetry; random twist increments rescale the backscattering but keep its order. Where the axis is unprotected, band nodes provide a second route: a transparent energy with heavy-tailed disorder and an $N^{-3}$ law. A first-principles forward-channel model of black phosphorus shows both routes; its random-twist films act as a symmetry filter that, relative to aligned stacks, retains a hundred times more of the electron than of the hole conductance at 64 layers. The symmetry of band edges and phonon branches thus decides what crosses a disordered stack, making stacking disorder a design element.",
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      "name": "Peng Kang"
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      "name": "Da Wan"
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    {
      "name": "Shulin Bai"
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      "name": "Pengfei Zhang"
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    {
      "name": "Vincent Michaud-Rioux"
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    {
      "name": "Zhen Li"
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    {
      "name": "Yu Liu"
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    {
      "name": "Lei Zheng"
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    {
      "name": "Li-Dong Zhao"
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    {
      "name": "Huibin Xu"
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  "published": "2026-10-03",
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  "title": "Time-Reversal Selection Rule for Twist Disorder",
  "title_text": "Time-Reversal Selection Rule for Twist Disorder",
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