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Two-dimensional (2D) platinum diselenide (PtSe$_2$) has received significant attention for 2D transistor applications due to its high mobility. Here, using molecular beam epitaxy, we investigate the growth of 2D PtSe$_2$ on highly oriented…
In this manuscript, we present a field effect transistor with a channel consisting of a two-dimensional electron gas located at the interface between an ultrathin metallic film of Ni and a p-type Si(111) substrate. We have demonstrated that…
Two-dimensional transition metal di-chalcogenide semiconductors provide unique possibilities to investigate strongly confined excitonic physics and a plasmonic platform integrable to such materials constitutes a hybrid system that can be of…
Atomically thin circuits have recently been explored for applications in next-generation electronics and optoelectronics and have been demonstrated with two-dimensional lateral heterojunctions. In order to form true 2D circuitry from a…
Graphene-like two-dimensional (2D) materials, not only are interesting for their exotic electronic structure and fundamental electronic transport or optical properties but also, hold promises for device miniaturization down to atomic…
We present electron energy-loss spectroscopic measurements of potassium (K) intercalated tungsten diselenide (WSe2). After exposure of pristine WSe2 films to potassium, we observe a charge carrier plasmon excitation at about 0.97 eV, which…
We demonstrate a new type of dual gate transistor to induce record electric fields through two-dimensional materials (2DMs). At the heart of this device is a 2DM suspended between two volumes of ionic liquid (IL) with independently…
We investigate transport through ionic liquid gated field effect transistors (FETs) based on exfoliated crystals of semiconducting WS$_2$. Upon electron accumulation, at surface densities close to -or just larger than- 10$^{14}$ cm$^{-2}$,…
The structural interface properties of layered Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si electrodes have been investigated using high-resolution specular and diffuse x-ray reflectivity under grazing angles. Currently this multilayer system represents a technological…
An extended study on PdS is carried out with the measurements of the resistivity, Hall coefficient, Raman scattering, and X-ray diffraction at high pressures up to 42.3 GPa. With increasing pressure, superconductivity is observed…
The layered transition metal chalcogenides have been a fertile land in solid state physics for many decades. Various MX2-type transition metal dichalcogenides, such as WTe2, IrTe2, and MoS2, have triggered great attention recently, either…
A long-wavelength infrared (IR) photodetector based on two-dimensional materials working at room temperature would have wide applications in many aspects in remote sensing, thermal imaging, biomedical optics, and medical imaging. However,…
Here, we report the photoconducting response of field-effect transistors based on three atomic layers of chemical vapor transport grown WSe$_2$ crystals mechanically exfoliated onto SiO$_2$. We find that tri-layered WSe$_2$ field-effect…
The electronic, phonon and thermoelectric transport properties of (PbTe)2 layer are systematically investigated by using first-principles pseudopotential method and Boltzmann transport equation. Our calculations demonstrate that there is a…
Advanced microelectronics in the future may require semiconducting channel materials beyond silicon. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, characterized by their atomically thin thickness, hold immense promise for high-performance electronic…
We report the photoresponse of niobium diselenide (NbSe$_2$), a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) which exhibits superconducting properties down to a single layer. Devices are built by using micro-mechanically cleaved 2 to 10 layers and…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are particularly attractive to build the channel of next-generation field-effect transistors (FETs) with gate lengths below 10-15 nm. Because the 2D technology has not yet reached the same level of maturity as…
Geometrical confinement effect in exfoliated sheets of layered materials leads to significant evolution of energy dispersion with decreasing layer thickness. Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) was recently found to exhibit indirect to direct gap…
Two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenide (TMD) field-effect transistors (FETs) are promising candidates for future electronic applications, owing to their excellent transport properties and potential for ultimate device scaling.…
The electronic structure of monolayer pentagonal palladium diselenide (PdSe2) is analyzed from the topological band theory perspective. Employing first-principles calculations, effective models and symmetry indicators, we find that the…