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We report on the development of some process capabilities for a polymer-based, multi-layer microelectrofluidic platform, namely: the hot embossing process, metallization on polymer and polymer bonding. Hot embossing experiments were…
Atomic layers of Black Phosphorus (BP) present unique opto-electronic properties dominated by a direct tunable bandgap in a wide spectral range from visible to mid-infrared. In this work, we investigate the infrared photoluminescence of BP…
Using first-principles density functional theory calculations, we investigate the geometries, electronic structures, and thermodynamic stabilities of substitutionally doped phosphorene sheets with group III, IV, V, and VI elements. We find…
Two-dimensional materials supporting deep-subwavelength plasmonic modes can also exhibit strong magneto-optical responses. Here, we theoretically investigate magnetoplasmons (MPs) in monolayer black phosphorus (BP) structures under moderate…
We investigate the effects of transition metals (TM) on the electronic doping and scattering in graphene using molecular beam epitaxy combined with in situ transport measurements. The room temperature deposition of TM onto graphene produces…
Black arsenic (BAs) is a van der Waals layered material with a puckered honeycomb structure and has received increased interest due to its anisotropic properties and promising performance in devices. Here, crystalline structure,…
High-performance infrared photodetection underpins various applications spanning surveillance, environmental monitoring, optical communications and biomedical imaging. However, conventional bulk detectors remain limited by poor spectral…
Black phosphorus (bP) is the second known elemental allotrope with a layered crystal structure that can be mechanically exfoliated down to atomic layer thickness. We have fabricated bP naked quantum wells in a back-gated field effect…
The mechanical behaviors of monolayer black phosphorene (MBP) are explored by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using reactive force field. It is revealed that the temperature and strain rate have significant influence on mechanical…
We study the electronic and optical properties of single- and bilayer black phosphorus with shortand long-range defects by using the tight-binding propagation method. Both types of defect states are localized and induce a strong scattering…
In this letter we present the results of systematic experimental investigations of the effect of different chemical environments on the low frequency resistance fluctuations of single layer graphene field effect transistors (SLG-FET). The…
Black Phosphorus (BP) has gained renewed attention due to its singular anisotropic electronic and optical properties that might be exploited for a wide range of technological applications. In this respect, the thermal properties are…
The evolution of excitons from 2D to 3D is of great importance in photo-physics, yet the layer-dependent exciton polarizability has not been investigated in 2D semiconductors. Here, we determine the exciton polarizabilities for 3- to…
The diffusive transport of biased Brownian particles in a two-dimensional symmetric channel is investigated numerically considering both the no-flow and the reflection boundary conditions at the channel boundaries. Here, the geometrical…
The interactions between electrons and phonons drive a large array of technologically relevant material properties including ferroelectricity, thermoelectricity, and phase-change behaviour. In the case of many group IV-VI, V, and related…
When a two-dimensional material, adhered onto a compliant substrate, is subjected to compression it can undertake a buckling instability yielding to a periodic rippling. Interestingly, when black phosphorus flakes are compressed along the…
Inelastic phonon scattering in graphene field-effect transistors (FETs) is studied by numerically solving the Boltzmann transport equation in three dimensional real and phase spaces (x, kx, ky). A kink behavior due to ambipolar transport…
Density functional theory (DFT) based first-principles investigations of structural, elastic, electronic band structure, and optical properties of superconducting ternary phosphides (BaM2P2; M = Ni, Rh) have been carried out in this study.…
Antimonene -- a single layer of antimony atoms -- and its few layer forms are among the latest additions to the 2D mono-elemental materials family. Numerous predictions and experimental evidence of its remarkable properties including…
The texturization of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) surfaces is achieved at atmospheric pressure by using the post-discharge of a radio-frequency plasma torch supplied in helium and oxygen gases. The surface properties are characterized…