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We investigate a two-dimensional (2D) heterostructure consisting of few-layer direct bandgap ReS2, a thin h-BN layer and a monolayer graphene for application to various electronic devices. Metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS)-type devices…
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In the last six years, Indium selenide (InSe) has appeared as a new van der Waals heterostructure platform which has been extensively studied due to its unique electronic and optical properties. Such as transition metal dichalcogenides…
Silicene is an intriguing silicon allotrope with a honeycomb lattice structure similar to graphene with slightly buckled geometry. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), on the other hand, is a significant 2D transition metal dichalcogenide that has…
The use of relative twist angle between adjacent atomic layers in a van der Waals heterostructure, has emerged as a new degree of freedom to tune electronic and optoelectronic properties of devices based on 2D materials. Using ABA-stacked…
The availability of transistors capable of operating at low supply voltage is essential to improve the key performance metric of computing circuits, i.e., the number of operations per unit energy. In this paper, we propose a new device…
In modern two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene-based systems and atomically-thin transition-metal dichalcogenides, the interplay of strong electronic correlations, tunable moir\'e superlattices, and nontrivial band topology has…
Weyl semimetals, such as $TaIrTe_{4}$, characterized by their unique band structures and exotic transport phenomena, have become a central focus in modern electronics. Despite extensive research, a systematic understanding of the impact of…
ReS$_2$ is considered as a promising candidate for novel electronic and sensor applications. The low crystal symmetry of the van der Waals compound ReS$_2$ leads to a highly anisotropic optical, vibrational, and transport behavior. However,…
Pristine van der Waals (vdW) interfaces between two-dimensional (2D) and other materials are core to emerging optical and electronic devices. Their direct fabrication is, however, challenged as the vdW forces are weak and cannot be tuned to…
We predict a new family of robust two-dimensional (2D) topological insulators in van der Waals heterostructures comprising graphene and chalcogenides BiTeX (X=Cl, Br and I). The layered structures of both constituent materials produce a…
Two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures reveal novel physicochemical phenomena at different length scales, that are highly desirable for technological applications. We present a comprehensive density functional theory study of van der Waals…
We investigate excitons in stacked transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) layers under perpendicularly applied electric field, herein MoSe$_2$/WSe$_2$ van der Waals heterostructures. Band structures are obtained with density functional…
Formation of moir\'{e} superlattices is common in Van der Waals heterostructures as a result of the mismatch between lattice constants and misalignment of crystallographic directions of the constituent two-dimensional crystals. We discuss…
Heterostructures comprising van der Waals (vdW) stacked transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers are a fascinating class of two-dimensional (2D) materials with unique properties. The presence of interlayer excitons, where the…
The fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures, artificial materials assembled by individually stacking atomically thin (2D) materials, is one of the most promising directions in 2D materials research. Until now, the most widespread…
ReSe2 and ReS2 are unusual compounds amongst the layered transition metal dichalcogenides as a result of their low symmetry, with a characteristic in-plane anisotropy due to in-plane rhenium chains. They preserve inversion symmetry…
Heterostructures of van der Waals bonded layered materials offer unique means to tailor dielectric screening with atomic-layer precision, opening a fertile field of fundamental research. The optical analyses used so far have relied on…
Atomically thin layers of van der Waals (vdW) crystals offer an ideal material platform to realize tunnel field effect transistors (TFETs) that exploit the tunneling of charge carriers across the forbidden gap of a vdW heterojunction. This…
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