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The observation of micron size spin relaxation makes graphene a promising material for applications in spintronics requiring long distance spin communication. However, spin dependent scatterings at the contact/graphene interfaces affect the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-02 Ahmet Avsar , Dmitrii Unuchek , Jiawei Liu , Oriol Lopez Sanchez , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Barbaros Ozyilmaz , Andras Kis

All-electrical (magnetic-material-free) spin injection is one of the outstanding goals in spintronics. Topological insulators (TIs) have been recognized as a promising electrically controlled spin source thanks to the strong spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-12 Jifa Tian , Ting-Fung Chung , Ireneusz Miotkowski , Yong P. Chen

All-electrical methods for nucleating, detecting, and manipulating spin textures in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets can serve as fundamental building blocks for multi-state spintronic memory, logic, and neuromorphic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Bing Zhao , Roselle Ngaloy , Lars Sjöström , Saroj P. Dash

The ability to engineer new states of matter and to control their electronic and spintronic properties by electric fields is at the heart of the modern information technology and driving force behind recent advances in van der Waals (vdW)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-14 Anamul Md. Hoque , Dmitrii Khokhriakov , Bogdan Karpiak , Saroj P. Dash

Two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides, have attracted increased interest due to their potential applications in electronics and optoelectronics. Thermal transport in two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-07 Xiaokun Gu , Ronggui Yang

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

Atomically thin two-dimensional layer of honeycomb crystalline carbon known as graphene is a promising system for electronics. It has a point-like Fermi surface, which is very sensitive to external potentials. In particular, Zeeman magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 M. Khodas , I. A. Zaliznyak , D. E. Kharzeev

The lecture introduces a reader to the relatively young field of physics of strongly interacting and disordered 2D electron system, in particular, to the phenomena of the metallic conduction and the apparent metal-insulator transition in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-03-27 V. M. Pudalov

Spintronics, a transformative field of research, leverages the spin of electron to revolutionize electronic devices, offering significant advantages over traditional charge-based systems. This chapter highlights the critical role of novel…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-03 A. Sud , A. Kumar , M. Cubukcu

The proximity effect opens ways to transfer properties from one material into another and is especially important in two-dimensional materials. In van der Waals heterostructures, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) can be used to enhance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Franz Herling , C. K. Safeer , Josep Ingla-Aynés , Nerea Ontoso , Luis E. Hueso , Fèlix Casanova

Since the first successful synthesis of graphene just over a decade ago, a variety of two-dimensional (2D) materials (e.g., transition metal-dichalcogenides, hexagonal boron-nitride, etc.) have been discovered. Among the many unique and…

Orbitronics explores the control and manipulation of electronic orbital angular momentum in solid-state systems, opening new pathways for information processing and storage. One significant advantage of orbitronics over spintronics is that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Tarik P. Cysne , Luis M. Canonico , Marcio Costa , R. B. Muniz , Tatiana G. Rappoport

The last few years have seen an explosion of interest in hydrodynamic effects in interacting electron systems in ultra-pure materials. One such material, graphene, is not only an excellent platform for the experimental realization of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-21 Boris N. Narozhny

Spin-waves have been studied for data storage, communication and logic circuits in the field of spintronics based on their potential to substitute electrons. Recent discovery of magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) systems such as monolayer…

I present a concise account concerning the emergence of a research field, which deals with the thermal properties of graphene, covering the refinement of understanding of phonon transport in two-dimensional material systems. The practical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-01 Alexander A. Balandin

Two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) confined to the surface of narrowband semiconductors have attracted great interest since they can easily integrate with superconductivity (or ferromagnetism) enabling new possibilities in hybrid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-10 Kaushini Wickramasinghe , William Mayer , Joseph Yuan , Tri Nguyen , Lucy Jiao , Vladimir Manucharyan , Javad Shabani

The spin and valley polarizations and plasmonics in Van der Waals heterostructures of strained graphene monolayer on 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (GrTMD) substrate are reported in this communication. The substrate induced interactions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-05 Partha Goswami

An introduction to the transport properties of graphene combining experimental results and theoretical analysis is presented. In the theoretical description simple intuitive models are used to illustrate important points on the transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-29 N. M. R. Peres

Van der Waals heterostructures made from atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) and graphene have emerged as a building block for optoelectronic devices. Such systems are also uniquely poised to investigate interfacial…

We report the interesting possibilities related to the plasmonics and the key parameters of optoelectronics, such as the absorbance and the transmittance, in Van der Waals heterostructures of graphene monolayer on 2D transition metal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-18 Partha Goswami