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This work presents a survey of mechanical models describing van der Waals interactions between 2D materials, encompassing both continuous elastomer-like materials and discrete (crystalline) 2D materials such as graphene. These interactions…
It is important to study the van der Waals interface in emerging vertical heterostructures based on layered two-dimensional (2D) materials. Being atomically thin, 2D materials are susceptible to significant strains as well as charge…
When two-dimensional van der Waals materials are stacked to build heterostructures, moir\'e patterns emerge from twisted interfaces or from mismatch in lattice constant of individual layers. Relaxation of the atomic positions is a direct,…
Van der Waals heterostructures have recently emerged as a new class of materials, where quantum coupling between stacked atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) layers, including graphene, hexagonal-boron nitride, and transition metal…
Van der Waals heterostructure based on layered two-dimensional (2D) materials offers unprecedented opportunities to create materials with atomic precision by design. By combining superior properties of each component, such heterostructure…
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Understanding energy dissipation and transport in nanoscale structures is of great importance for the design of energy-efficient circuits and energy-conversion systems. This is also a rich domain for fundamental discoveries at the…
Fabrication of custom-built heterostructures based on stacked 2D materials provides an effective method to controllably tune electronic and optical properties. To that end, optimizing fabrication techniques for building these…
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The role of interlayer bonds in the two-dimensional (2D) materials "beyond graphene" and so-called van der Waals heterostructures is vital, and understanding the nature of these bonds in terms of strength and type is essential due to a wide…
Graphene is a two-dimensional (2D) material with over 100-fold anisotropy of heat flow between the in-plane and out-of-plane directions. High in-plane thermal conductivity is due to covalent sp2 bonding between carbon atoms, whereas…
Energy transfer from photoexcited zero-dimensional systems to metallic systems plays a prominent role in modern day materials science. A situation of particular interest concerns the interaction between a photoexcited dipole and an…
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…
Van der Waals (vdW) assembly of two-dimensional materials has been long recognized as a powerful tool to create unique systems with properties that cannot be found in natural compounds. However, among the variety of vdW heterostructures and…
Atomically thin vanadium diselenide (VSe2 ) is a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide exhibiting attractive properties due to its metallic 1T-phase. With the recent development of methods to manufacture high-quality monolayer VSe…
Graphene has been widely used to construct low-resistance van der Waals (vdW) contacts to other two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, a rise of electron temperature of the graphene under a current flow has not been seriously considered…
Because of their strong excitonic photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL), together with an excellent electronic tunability, transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors are promising candidates for novel optoelectronic…
The diffusion of energy that is locally deposited into two-dimensional electron gases by Joule heating generates transverse voltages across devices with broken symmetry. For mesoscopic structures characterized by device dimensions…