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Quantum conductance calculations on the mechanically deformed monolayers of MoS$_2$ and WS$_2$ were performed using the non-equlibrium Green's functions method combined with the Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker approach for ballistic transport…
Quasi-two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) exhibit dramatic properties that may transform electronic and photonic devices. We report on how the anomalously large magnetoresistance (MR) observed under high magnetic field in…
We use micro-Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy at 300K to investigate the influence of uniaxial tensile strain on the vibrational and optoelectronic properties of monolayer and bilayer MoS2 on a flexible substrate. The initially…
The extraordinary mechanical properties of 2D TMDCs make them ideal candidates for investigating strain-induced control of various physical properties. Here we explore the role of non-uniform strain in modulating optical, electronic and…
This study delves into the interaction between a monolayer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) and a single Perylene Orange (PO) molecule, representative of inorganic and organic semiconductor materials, respectively. Investigation of the…
Strain engineering is a powerful technology which exploits stationary external or internal stress of specific spatial distribution for controlling the fundamental properties of condensed materials and nanostructures. This advanced technique…
Tuning the electronic properties of a matter is of fundamental interest in scientific research as well as in applications. Recently, the Mott insulator-metal transition has been reported in a pristine layered transition metal…
Optical measurements under externally applied stresses allow us to study the materials' electronic structure by comparing the pressure evolution of optical peaks obtained from experiments and theoretical calculations. We examine the…
We have synthesized epitaxial Sr2IrO4 thin-films on various substrates and studied their electronic structures as a function of lattice-strains. Under tensile (compressive) strains, increased (decreased) Ir-O-Ir bond-angles are expected to…
Atomically thin, single-crystalline transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) grown via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on sapphire substrates exhibit exceptional mechanical and electrical properties, positioning them as excellent channel…
Potential applications of monolayer of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) in optoelectronic and flexible devices are under heavy investigation. Although TMDs monolayers are highly robust to external mechanical fields, their electronic…
Using hybrid density functional calculations including spin-orbit coupling, we compute the strain evolution of the band structure of monolayer 1H-phase transition-metal dichalcogenides, MX$_2$ (M= Mo, W; X= S, Se, Te), emphasizing an…
Tuning physical properties of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers by strain engineering have most widely studied, and recently Janus TMD monolayer MoSSe has been synthesized. In this work, we systematically study biaxial strain…
Strain engineering has played a key role in modern silicon electronics, having been introduced as a mobility booster in the 1990s and commercialized in the early 2000s. Achieving similar advances with two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors in…
Quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) materials hold promise for future electronics because of their unique band structures that result in electronic and mechanical properties sensitive to crystal strains in all three dimensions. Quantifying…
Lateral heterostructures of two-dimensional (2D) materials, integrating different phases or materials into a single piece of nanosheet, have attracted intensive research interests in the past few years for high-performance electronic and…
We induced periodic biaxial tensile strain in polycrystalline graphene by wrapping it over a substrate with repeating pillar-like structures with a periodicity of 600 nm. Using Raman spectroscopy, we determined to have introduced biaxial…
The effect of strain on the magnetic order and band structure of single-layer CrAsS$_4$ has been investigated by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. We found that single-layer CrAsS$_4$ was an antiferromagnetic…
When semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructures are stacked the twist angle and lattice mismatch leads to a periodic moir\'e potential. As the angle between the layers changes, so do the electronic properties. As the…
The properties of Mo_6S_6 nanowires were investigated with ab-initio calculations based on the density-functional theory. The molecules build weakly coupled one-dimensional chains, like Mo_6Se_6 and Mo_6S_(9-x)I_x, and the crystals are…