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Different atomistic registry between the layers forming the inner and outer nanotubes can form one-dimensional (1D) van der Waals (vdW) moir\'e superlattices. Unlike the two-dimensional (2D) vdW moir\'e superlattices, effects of 1D vdW…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-30 Sihan Zhao , Ryo Kitaura , Pilkyung Moon , Mikito Koshino , Feng Wang

Van der Waals materials enable the construction of atomically sharp interfaces between compounds with distinct crystal and electronic properties. This is dramatically exploited in moir\'e systems, where a lattice mismatch or twist between…

The electronic structure of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors can be significantly altered by screening effects, either from free charge carriers in the material itself, or by environmental screening from the surrounding medium. The…

Research on graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as silicene, germanene, phosphorene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), graphitic zinc oxide (g-ZnO) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS2), has…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-03-03 Wei Hu , Jinlong Yang

Many recent advances in our understanding of two-dimensional (2D) electron systems stem from van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures. The assembly process relies on the weak bonding across interfaces between layered vdW compounds, making it…

Two-dimensional (2D) superconductors provide a powerful building block for engineering emergent quantum states shaped by reduced dimensionality, enhanced quantum fluctuations, and interfacial symmetry breaking. In van der Waals…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 Sichun Zhao , Junlin Xiong , Ji Zhou , Shi-Jun Liang , Bin Cheng , Feng Miao

The growth and exfoliation of two-dimensional (2D) materials have led to the creation of edges and novel interfacial states at the juncture between crystals with different composition or phases. These hybrid heterostructures (HSs) can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 Oscar Ávalos-Ovando , Diego Mastrogiuseppe , Sergio E. Ulloa

Van der Waals heterostructures usually formed using atomic thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with a direct bandgap in the near-infrared to the visible range are promising candidates for low-dimensional optoelectronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-21 Guanghui Cheng , Baikui Li , Chunyu Zhao , Xin Yan , Hong Wang , Kei May Lau , Jiannong Wang

Two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have recently attracted tremendous interest as potential valleytronic and nano-electronic materials, in addition to being well-known as excellent lubricants in the bulk.…

Van der Waals heterostructures (vdWH) are made of different two-dimensional (2D) layers stacked on top of each other, forming a single material with unique properties that differ from those of the individual 2D constituent layers, and that…

The van der Waals heterostructures are a fertile frontier for discovering emergent phenomena in condensed matter systems. They are constructed by stacking elements of a large library of two-dimensional materials, which couple together…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-22 William Dorrell , Harris Pirie , S. Minhal Gardezi , Nathan C. Drucker , Jennifer E. Hoffman

Artificially constructed van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) provide an ideal platform for realizing emerging quantum phenomena in condensed matter physics. Two methods for building vdWHs have been developed: stacking two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-30 Wei Yao , Martin Aeschlimann , Shuyun Zhou

The beginning of high interest in two-dimensional (2D) crystals is marked by the synthesis of graphene, which constitutes exemplary monolayer material. This is due to the multiple extraordinary properties of graphene, particularly in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-21 Dominik Szczȩśniak , Jakub T. Gnyp , Marta Kielak

Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors provide a unique opportunity for optoelectronics due to their layered atomic structure, electronic and optical properties. To date, a majority of the application-oriented research in this field has been…

Optics · Physics 2017-10-26 Deep Jariwala , Artur R. Davoyan , Joeson Wong , Harry A. Atwater

The integration of two-dimensional (2D) materials with photonic structures has catalyzed a wide spectrum of optical and optoelectronic applications. Conventional nanophotonic structures generally lack efficient reconfigurability and…

The marriage between a two-dimensional layered material (2DLM) and a complex transition metal oxide (TMO) results in a variety of physical and chemical phenomena that would not have been achieved in either material alone. Interesting recent…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-09 Kyeong Tae Kang , Jeongmin Park , Dongseok Suh , Woo Seok Choi

Ferroelectric and two-dimensional materials are both heavily investigated classes of electronic materials. This is unsurprising since they both have superlative fundamental properties and high-value applications in computing, sensing etc.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-05-10 Chloe Leblanc , Seunguk Song , Deep Jariwala

Layer-by-layer assembly of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures underpins new discoveries in solid state physics, material science and chemistry. Despite the successes, all current 2D material (2DM) transfer techniques rely on the use of…

Integration of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) materials with non-2D materials to realize mixed-dimensional heterostructures has potential for creating functional devices beyond the reach of existing materials and has long been a…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-12-06 Ya-Ning Ren , Mo-Han Zhang , Qi Zheng , Lin He

2D materials (2DM) and their heterostructures (2D + nD, n = 0,1,2,3) hold significant promise for applications in Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems (EESS), such as batteries. 2DM can serve as van der Waals (vdW) slick interface between…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Dibakar Datta