Very recently, the lateral heterojunctions of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)/graphene were
experimentally realized for the time. To study the related properties of such heterojunctions …

Heterostructures are often expected to be of enhanced electronic properties compared with
homogeneous ones. Valuable experimental efforts have been devoted to the fabrication of …

Using first-principles calculations, we show that the band gap and electron effective mass
(EEM) of graphene/boron nitride heterobilayers (C/BN HBLs) can be modulated effectively …

Research on in‐plane and vertically‐stacked heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal
boron nitride (h‐BN) have attracted intense attentions for energy band engineering and …

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures consist of isolated atomic planar structures,
assembled layer-by-layer into desired structures in a well-defined sequence. Graphene …

Combinations of 2D materials with different physical properties can form heterostructures
with modified electrical, mechanical, magnetic, and optical properties. The direct observation …

Low-dimensional half-metallic (HM) systems are invaluable for future spintronics. Yet a
definitive experimental demonstration of HM characteristic in two-dimensional (2D) materials …

The in-plane heterostructures composed of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (G/BN),
as the first kind of two-dimensional metal/semiconductor heterostructures of one-atom …

We perform first-principles total-energy calculations within the framework of the density-
functional theory to investigate electronic properties of graphene/C-doped hexagonal boron …

The ever increasing level of control in the fabrication of graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h-
BN) lateral heterostructures makes it promising for material realization of exotic electronic …