Progress and prospects in transition-metal dichalcogenide research beyond 2D

T Chowdhury, EC Sadler, TJ Kempa - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review discusses recent advances and future research priorities in the transition-metal
dichalcogenide (TMD) field. While the community has witnessed tremendous advances …

Locally strained 2D materials: Preparation, properties, and applications

J Wang, L He, Y Zhang, H Nong, S Li, Q Wu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials are promising for strain engineering due to their atomic thickness and
exceptional mechanical properties. In particular, non‐uniform and localized strain can be …

Imaging strain-localized excitons in nanoscale bubbles of monolayer WSe2 at room temperature

TP Darlington, C Carmesin, M Florian, E Yanev… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides, localized strain can be used to design
nanoarrays of single photon sources. Despite strong empirical correlation, the nanoscale …

Strain-tuning of the electronic, optical, and vibrational properties of two-dimensional crystals

E Blundo, E Cappelluti, M Felici, G Pettinari… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The variegated family of two-dimensional (2D) crystals has developed rapidly since the
isolation of its forerunner: Graphene. Their planeconfined nature is typically associated with …

Exciton optics, dynamics, and transport in atomically thin semiconductors

R Perea-Causin, D Erkensten, JM Fitzgerald… - APL Materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Atomically thin semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers
exhibit a very strong Coulomb interaction, giving rise to a rich exciton landscape. This makes …

Strained epitaxy of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides for wrinkle arrays

J Wang, M Han, Q Wang, Y Ji, X Zhang, R Shi, Z Wu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wrinkling two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) provides a
mechanism to adjust the physical and chemical properties as per need. Traditionally …

Generation and Detection of Strain-Localized Excitons in WS2 Monolayer by Plasmonic Metal Nanocrystals

S Li, KK Chui, F Shen, H Huang, S Wen, CY Yam… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Excitons in a transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayer can be modulated through
strain with spatial and spectral control, which offers opportunities for constructing quantum …

Ultralocalized optoelectronic properties of nanobubbles in 2D semiconductors

S Shabani, TP Darlington, C Gordon, W Wu… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The optical properties of transition-metal dichalcogenides have previously been modified at
the nanoscale by using mechanical and electrical nanostructuring. However, a clear …

2D material bubbles: Fabrication, characterization, and applications

DA Sanchez, Z Dai, N Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2021 - cell.com
When 2D materials are supported by substrates, matter trapped at the interface can
coalesce to form nano-and microscale bubbles. These bubbles often negatively impact the …

Breakdown of universal scaling for nanometer-sized bubbles in graphene

R Villarreal, PC Lin, F Faraji, N Hassani, H Bana… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report the formation of nanobubbles on graphene with a radius of the order of 1 nm,
using ultralow energy implantation of noble gas ions (He, Ne, Ar) into graphene grown on a …