Together with the development of two-dimensional (2D) materials, transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs) have become one of the most popular series of model materials for …

The demand for computing power has been increasing exponentially since the emergence
of artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and machine learning (ML), where novel …

Electrochemical transformation processes involving carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen,
and small‐molecule chemistries represent a promising means to store renewable energy …

Abstract 2D materials, such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and black
phosphorus, have become the most potential semiconductor materials in the field of …

Abstract van der Waals epitaxy (VDWE) is an ideal method for growing 2D materials and
topological insulators (TIs) onto a variety of substrates for heterostructure and integrated …

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a diverse group of materials whose
properties vary from semiconducting to metallic with a variety of many body phenomena …

Exerting synthetic control over the edge structure and chemistry of two-dimensional (2D)
materials is of critical importance to direct the magnetic, optical, electrical, and catalytic …

Edges and point defects in layered dichalcogenides are important for tuning their electronic
and magnetic properties. By combining scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with density …

In atomically thin van der Waals materials, grain boundaries—the line defects between
adjacent crystal grains with tilted in-plane rotations—are omnipresent. When the tilting …

One-dimensional electron systems exhibit fundamentally different properties than higher-
dimensional systems. For example, electron–electron interactions in one-dimensional …