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We investigated the growth of titanium oxide two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures on Au(111), produced by Ti evaporation and post-deposition oxidation. Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM and STS) and low-energy electron…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted substantial attention in electronic and optoelectronic applications with superior advantages of being flexible, transparent and highly tunable. Gapless graphene exhibits ultra-broadband and fast…
A cascade of phase transitions from square to hexagonal lattice is studied in 2D system of particles interacting via core-softened potential. Due to the presence of two length-scales of repulsion, different local configurations with four,…
In this paper we demonstrated the thermal Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) growth at 250 {\deg}C of highly homogeneous and ultra-thin ($\approx$ 3.6 nm) $Al_2O_3$ films with excellent insulating properties directly onto a monolayer (1L)…
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a layered two-dimensional material with properties that make it promising as a dielectric in various applications. We report the growth of h-BN films on Ni foils from elemental B and N using molecular beam…
Graphene is a new material that exhibits remarkable properties from both fundamental and applied issues. This is a 2D matter system whose physical and mechanical features have been approached by using tight binding model, first principle…
High-entropy alloy nanoparticles synthesized via laser ablation in liquid are promising for catalysis due to their ability to form simple solid solutions despite chemical complexity. In this study, noble metal HEA NPs (CuPdAgPtAu) are…
Pseudo-Goldstone bosons in 4D strongly coupled theories have a dual description in terms of 5D gauge theories in warped backgrounds. We introduce systematic methods of computing the pseudo-Goldstone potential for an arbitrary warp factor in…
Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, demonstrating significantly different properties from their bulk counterparts, offer a materials platform with potential applications from energy to information processing devices. Although some…
Solid-state platforms provide exceptional opportunities for advancing on-chip quantum technologies by enhancing interaction strengths through coupling, scalability, and robustness. Cuprous oxide ($\text{Cu}_{2}\text{O}$) has recently…
This work reports on a novel and simple synthetic route for the growth of metal-organic crystal [Cu(C2O4)(4-aminopyridine)2(H2O)]n of large size using the technique of liquid-liquid diffusion or layer diffusion. Single crystal X-ray…
Monolayer hBN has attracted interest as a potentially weakly interacting 2D insulating layer in heterostructures. Recently, wafer-scale hBN growth on Cu(111) has been demonstrated for semiconductor chip fabrication processes and transistor…
Two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides embedded in optical microcavities in the strong exciton-photon coupling regime may lead to promising applications in spin and valley addressable polaritonic logic gates and…
The ballistic motion of electrons in graphene encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) promises exciting opportunities for electron-optics devices. A narrow electron beam is desired, with both the mean free path and coherence length…
We present classical molecular dynamics calculations of the behavior of copper and gold nanoparticles on a graphene sheet, sheared with a constant applied force $F_{\rm a}$. The force $F_{\rm s}$ acting on the particle from the substrate…
Ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) materials have gained significant attention for making next-generation optoelectronic devices. Here, we report a large-area heterojunction photodetector fabricated using a liquid metal-printed 2D…
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are widely recognized as attractive channel materials for low-power electronics. However, an unresolved challenge is the integration of high-quality, ultrathin high-\k{appa} dielectrics that fully meet…
The versatile range of applications for two-dimensional (2D) materials has encouraged scientists to further engineer the properties of these materials. This is often accomplished by stacking layered materials into more complex van der Waals…
Large-area graphene is a new material with properties that make it desirable for advanced scaled electronic devices1. Recently, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of graphene and few-layer graphene using hydrocarbons on metal substrates such…
We present an x-ray magnetic dichroism (XMCD) and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) study to address the nature of emerging magnetic order in metallic Copper as Cobalt is added to the matrix. For this purpose line shape and energy…