Semiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing,
communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace …

Polymorphic 2D materials allow structural and electronic phase engineering, which can be
used to realize energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable device applications. The phase …

The scaling of silicon-based transistors at sub-ten-nanometre technology nodes faces
challenges such as interface imperfection and gate current leakage for an ultrathin silicon …

Scaling of silicon (Si) transistors is predicted to fail below 5-nanometer (nm) gate lengths
because of severe short channel effects. As an alternative to Si, certain layered …

Since graphene became available by a scotch tape technique, a vast class of two-
dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) layered materials has been researched intensively …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201604230 predicted phonon-limited value (400 cm2 V− 1 s− 1).[6–8]
To get the mobility close to the intrinsic value, it typically requires subtle contact and …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials hold great promise for future nanoelectronics as
conventional semiconductor technologies face serious limitations in performance and power …

Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is an ideal semiconductor material for field-
effect transistors (FETs) with sub-10 nm channel lengths. The high effective mass and large …

Photodetectors based on two dimensional materials have attracted growing interest.
However, the sensitivity is still unsatisfactory even under high gate voltage. Here we …

Van der Waals layered transition metal dichalcogenides can exist in many different atomic
and electronic phases. Such diverse polymorphisms not only provide a route for …