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Multifunctional two-dimensional (2D) multiferroics are promising materials for designing low-dimensional multipurpose devices. The key to multifunctionality in these materials is breaking the space-inversion and the time-reversal symmetry,…
We present first-principles results on the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a new family of two-dimensional antiferromagnetic (AFM) manganese chalcogenides, namely monolayer MnX and Janus XMnY (X, Y= S, Se, Te), among…
We propose a novel excellent two-dimensional photocatalyst SnN3 monolayer using first-principles calculations. The stability of SnN3 monolayer have been examined via formation energy, phonon spectrum and ab initio molecular dynamics…
The strong light-matter interaction in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is promising for nanoscale optoelectronics with their direct band gap nature and the ultra-fast radiative decay of the strongly bound excitons these…
We calculate from first principles the electronic structure and optical properties of a number of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayer heterostructures consisting of MoS2 layers sandwiched with WS2, MoSe2, MoTe2, BN, or graphene…
Using density functional theory and nonequilibrium Greens functions-based methods we investigated the electronic and transport properties of monolayer TiS3 pn-junction. We constructed a lateral pn-junction in monolayer TiS3 by using Li and…
Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic semiconductors show great interest due to their potential applications for the nanoscale electronic devices. In this work, the Janus 2$H$-Gd$XY$ ($X$, $Y$=Cl, Br, I, $X$$\neq$$Y$) monolayers with…
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer many attractive features for next-generation low-dimensional device geometries. Due to the practical and fabrication challenges related to in situ methods, the atomistic dynamics that…
Using first-principles full-potential density functional calculations, we predict that mechanically tunable band-gap is realizable in ZnS monolayer in graphene-like honeycomb structure by application of in-plane homogeneous biaxial strain.…
2D Ferroelectric materials are promising for designing low-dimensional memory devices. Here, we explore strain tunable ferroelectric properties of group-IV monochalcogenides MX (M=Ge, Sn; X=S, Se) and their potential application in lateral…
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$), a layered van der Waals material, has attracted considerable attention as a promising alternative to graphene for applications in field-effect transistors and nanophotonic devices because of its sizable band…
Modulation of electronic properties of materials by electric fields is central to the operation of modern semiconductor devices, providing access to complex electronic behaviors and greater freedom in tuning the energy bands of materials.…
Nonlinear optical properties, such as bulk photovoltaic effects, possess great potential in energy harvesting, photodetection, rectification, etc. To enable efficient light-current conversion, materials with strong photo-responsivity are…
The seminal experimental discovery of the remarkably stable MoSi$_2$N$_4$ monolayer has led to a handful of predicted magnetic two-dimensional (2D) materials in the MA$_2$Z$_4$ family (M = transition metals, A = Si, Ge, and Z = N, P, As).…
Tin monochalcogendies SnS and SnSe, belonging to a familiy of van der Waals crystals isoelectronic to black phosphorus, are know as enivornmetally-friendly materials promisng for thermoelecric conversion applications. However, they exhibit…
Light-emitting diodes are of importance for lighting, displays, optical interconnects, logic and sensors. Hence the development of new systems that allow improvements in their efficiency, spectral properties, compactness and integrability…
Two-dimensional Janus van der Waals (vdW) heterojunctions, referring to the junction containing at least one Janus material, are found to exhibit tuneable electronic structures, wide light adsorption spectra, controllable contact…
Janus materials possess extraordinary physical, chemical, and mechanical properties caused by symmetry breaking. Here, the mechanic properties, electronic structure, magnetic properties, and optical properties of Janus Cr$_2$TeX (X= P, As,…
The structural, electronic, and dielectric (optical) properties of graphene-like 2D MgO monolayer have been explored through first-principles calculations under bi-axial tensile and compressive mechanical strain within a range of -10% to…
Janus monolayers have long been captivated as a popular notion for breaking in-plane and out-of-plane structural symmetry. Originated from chemistry and materials science, the concept of Janus functions have been recently extended to…