Layer-structured anisotropic metal chalcogenides: recent advances in synthesis, modulation, and applications

A Giri, G Park, U Jeong - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

Atomic-scale engineering of chemical-vapor-deposition-grown 2D transition metal dichalcogenides for electrocatalysis

Q Wang, Y Lei, Y Wang, Y Liu, C Song… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is recognized as a powerful tool to synthesize atomically
thin two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with the merits of high quality and uniform …

Topological nanomaterials

P Liu, JR Williams, JJ Cha - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new frontier in condensed matter
physics: topological materials with an electronic band structure belonging to a different …

Wafer-scale production of patterned transition metal ditelluride layers for two-dimensional metal–semiconductor contacts at the Schottky–Mott limit

S Song, Y Sim, SY Kim, JH Kim, I Oh, W Na, DH Lee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A key challenge in the development of two-dimensional (2D) devices is the fabrication of
metal–semiconductor junctions with minimal contact resistance and depinned energy levels …

Recent developments in controlled vapor‐phase growth of 2D group 6 transition metal dichalcogenides

SY Kim, J Kwak, CV Ciobanu, SY Kwon - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An overview of recent developments in controlled vapor‐phase growth of 2D transition metal
dichalcogenide (2D TMD) films is presented. Investigations of thin‐film formation …

Recent advances in metallic transition metal dichalcogenides as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

Y Sim, Y Chae, SY Kwon - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Layered metallic transition metal dichalcogenides (MTMDs) exhibit distinctive electrical and
catalytic properties to drive basal plane activity, and, therefore, they have emerged as …

Metal–organic chemical vapor deposition of 2D van der Waals materials—The challenges and the extensive future opportunities

DH Lee, Y Sim, J Wang, SY Kwon - Apl Materials, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The last decade has witnessed significant progress in two-dimensional van der Waals (2D
vdW) materials research; however, a number of challenges remain for their practical …

Immobilized Precursor Particle Driven Growth of Centimeter-Sized MoTe2 Monolayer

L Ma, J Zhu, W Li, R Huang, X Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2) has attracted ever-growing attention in recent years due to
its novel characteristics in spintronics and phase-engineering, and an efficient and …

Machine learning in materials design: Algorithm and application

Z Song, X Chen, F Meng, G Cheng, C Wang… - Chinese …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Traditional materials discovery is in'trial-and-error'mode, leading to the issues of low-
efficiency, high-cost, and unsustainability in materials design. Meanwhile, numerous …

Single-Atom Control of Single-Molecule van der Waals Junctions with Semimetallic Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Electrodes

Z Lu, S Hou, R Lin, J Shi, Q Wu, S Zhao, L Lin… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrodes play an essential role in controlling electrode–molecule coupling. However,
conventional metal electrodes require linkers to anchor the molecule. Van der Waals …