Electronic and optical properties of strained graphene and other strained 2D materials: a review

GG Naumis, S Barraza-Lopez… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review presents the state of the art in strain and ripple-induced effects on the electronic
and optical properties of graphene. It starts by providing the crystallographic description of …

Evidence of flat bands and correlated states in buckled graphene superlattices

J Mao, SP Milovanović, M Anđelković, X Lai, Y Cao… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Two-dimensional atomic crystals can radically change their properties in response to
external influences, such as substrate orientation or strain, forming materials with novel …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanical, electronic, optical, piezoelectric and ferroic properties of strained graphene and other strained monolayers and multilayers: An update

GG Naumis, SA Herrera, SP Poudel… - Rep. Prog …, 2023 - researchgate.net
This is an update of a previous review (Naumis et al 2017 Rep. Prog. Phys. 80 096501).
Experimental and theoretical advances for straining graphene and other metallic, insulating …

[HTML][HTML] Strong second-harmonic generation by sublattice polarization in non-uniformly strained monolayer graphene

K Lu, M Luo, W Gao, QJ Wang, H Sun… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the potential of graphene for building a variety of quantum photonic devices, its
centrosymmetric nature forbids the observation of second harmonic generation (SHG) for …

Valley polarization and inversion in strained graphene via pseudo-Landau levels, valley splitting of real Landau levels, and confined states

SY Li, Y Su, YN Ren, L He - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
It is quite easy to control spin polarization and the spin direction of a system via magnetic
fields. However, there is no such direct and efficient way to manipulate the valley …

Theoretical prediction of two-dimensional materials, behavior, and properties

ES Penev, N Marzari, BI Yakobson - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Predictive modeling of two-dimensional (2D) materials is at the crossroad of two current
rapidly growing interests: 2D materials per se, massively sought after and explored in …

[HTML][HTML] Direct observation of photonic Landau levels and helical edge states in strained honeycomb lattices

O Jamadi, E Rozas, G Salerno, M Milićević… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
We report the realization of a synthetic magnetic field for photons and polaritons in a
honeycomb lattice of coupled semiconductor micropillars. A strong synthetic field is induced …

Topological flat bands in strained graphene: Substrate engineering and optical control

MT Mahmud, D Zhai, N Sandler - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of correlated phases in twisted moiré superlattices accelerated the search for
low-dimensional materials with exotic properties. A promising approach uses engineered …

Absence of edge reconstruction for quantum Hall edge channels in graphene devices

A Coissard, AG Grushin, C Repellin, L Veyrat… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Quantum Hall (QH) edge channels propagating along the periphery of two-dimensional (2D)
electron gases under perpendicular magnetic field are a major paradigm in physics …

First-order quantum phase transition in the hybrid metal–Mott insulator transition metal dichalcogenide 4Hb-TaS2

A Kumar Nayak, A Steinbok, Y Roet… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Coupling together distinct correlated and topologically nontrivial electronic phases of matter
can potentially induce novel electronic orders and phase transitions among them. Transition …