Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
generally possess a type-II band alignment that facilitates the formation of interlayer excitons …

Symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials plays a significant role in their macroscopic
electrical, optical, magnetic and topological properties, including, but not limited to, spin …

The formation of moiré patterns in crystalline solids can be used to manipulate their
electronic properties, which are fundamentally influenced by periodic potential landscapes …

Atomically thin materials such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) exhibit remarkable physical properties resulting from their reduced dimensionality …

When the Coulomb repulsion between electrons dominates over their kinetic energy,
electrons in two-dimensional systems are predicted to spontaneously break continuous …

In a recent work, new two-dimensional materials, monolayer MoSi 2 N 4 and WSi 2 N 4,
were successfully synthesized in experiment, and several other monolayer materials with a …

Semiconductor technology is currently based on the manipulation of electronic charge;
however, electrons have additional degrees of freedom, such as spin and valley, that can be …

The emergence of two-dimensional Dirac materials, particularly transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs), has reinvigorated interest in valleytronics, which utilizes the …

Recent advances in the development of atomically thin layers of van der Waals bonded
solids have opened up new possibilities for the exploration of 2D physics as well as for …

The integration of magnetic material with semiconductors has been fertile ground for
fundamental science as well as of great practical interest toward the seamless integration of …