Two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) have been a central focus of materials
research since the discovery of graphene just over a decade ago. Each layer in 2DLMs …

The exfoliation and identification of the two-dimensional (2D) single atomic layer of carbon
have opened the opportunity to explore graphene and related 2D materials due to their …

Semiconducting two-dimensional materials with chemical formula MoSi2X4 (X= N, P, or As)
are studied by means of atomistic ground-and excited-state first-principles simulations. Full …

Large optical anisotropy observed in a broad spectral range is of paramount importance for
efficient light manipulation in countless devices. Although a giant anisotropy has been …

The transformation of CO2 into fuels and chemicals by photocatalysis is a promising strategy
to provide a long‐term solution to mitigating global warming and energy‐supply problems …

Owing to their atomic layer thickness, strong light–material interaction, high nonlinearity,
broadband optical response, fast relaxation, controllable optoelectronic properties, and high …

Abstract 2D semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and black
phosphorus (BP) are currently attracting great attention due to their intrinsic bandgaps and …

Boosted by the great success of graphene, the past decade has witnessed the rapid
development of graphene-analogous two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. Despite the high …

Transition metal dichalcogenides in the class MX 2 (M= Mo, W; X= S, Se) have been
identified as direct-gap semiconductors in the monolayer limit. Here, we examine light …

We presentk p· Hamiltonians parametrized byab initiodensity functional theory calculations
to describe the dispersion of the valence and conduction bands at their extrema (theK, Q, Γ …