Synthesis and characterization of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: Recent progress from a vacuum surface science perspective

K Lasek, J Li, S Kolekar, PM Coelho, M Zhang… - Surface Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a diverse group of materials whose
properties vary from semiconducting to metallic with a variety of many body phenomena …

2D group IVB transition metal dichalcogenides

C Yan, C Gong, P Wangyang, J Chu… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor technology is currently impaired by the surface dangling bond of materials,
which introduces scattering and interface traps. 2D materials, especially transition metal …

Molecular beam epitaxy of transition metal (Ti-, V-, and Cr-) tellurides: from monolayer ditellurides to multilayer self-intercalation compounds

K Lasek, PM Coelho, K Zberecki, Y Xin, SK Kolekar… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Material growth by van der Waals epitaxy has the potential to isolate monolayer (ML)
materials and synthesize ultrathin films not easily prepared by exfoliation or other growth …

Layer-dependent band gaps of platinum dichalcogenides

J Li, S Kolekar, M Ghorbani-Asl, T Lehnert… - ACS Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to the relatively strong interlayer interaction, the platinum dichalcogenides exhibit
tunability of their electronic properties by controlling the number of layers. Both PtSe2 and …

Edge and Point‐Defect Induced Electronic and Magnetic Properties in Monolayer PtSe2

J Li, T Joseph, M Ghorbani‐Asl… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Edges and point defects in layered dichalcogenides are important for tuning their electronic
and magnetic properties. By combining scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with density …

Misfit Layer Compounds as Ultratunable Field Effect Transistors: From Charge Transfer Control to Emergent Superconductivity

L Zullo, G Marini, T Cren, M Calandra - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Misfit layer compounds are heterostructures composed of rocksalt units stacked with few-
layer transition metal dichalcogenides. They host Ising superconductivity, charge density …

Weak Dimensionality Dependence and Dominant Role of Ionic Fluctuations in the Charge-Density-Wave Transition of

R Bianco, L Monacelli, M Calandra, F Mauri, I Errea - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Contradictory experiments have been reported about the dimensionality effect on the charge-
density-wave transition in 2H NbSe 2. While scanning tunneling experiments on single …

Monolayer Modification of VTe2 and Its Charge Density Wave

PM Coelho, K Lasek, K Nguyen Cong, J Li… - The journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Interlayer interactions in layered transition metal dichalcogenides are known to be important
for describing their electronic properties. Here, we demonstrate that the absence of …

Anharmonicity and Doping Melt the Charge Density Wave in Single-Layer TiSe2

JS Zhou, L Monacelli, R Bianco, I Errea, F Mauri… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Low-dimensional systems with a vanishing band gap and a large electron–hole interaction
have been proposed to be unstable toward exciton formation. As the exciton binding energy …

Mirror twin grain boundaries in molybdenum dichalcogenides

M Batzill - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Mirror twin grain boundaries (MTBs) exist at the interface between two grains of 60 rotated
hexagonal transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC). These grain boundaries form a regular …