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Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors offer a promising prospect for high-performance and energy-efficient devices especially in the sub-10 nm regime. Inspired by the successful fabrication of 2D $\beta$-TeO$_2$ and the high on/off ratio and…
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In two-dimensional materials, structure difference induces the difference in phonon dispersions, leading to the anisotropy of in-plane thermal transport. Here, we report an exceptional case in layered PdSe2, where the bonding, force…
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In the quest to optimize the optoelectronic and valleytronic properties of 2D materials, various strategies such as strain engineering, doping, and heterostructuring have been explored. In this direction, isotope engineering also offers a…
New techniques for probing hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPP) in 2D materials will support the development of the emerging technologies in this field. Previous reports have shown that it is possible for WSe2 monolayers in contact with the…
We report high performance p-type field-effect transistors based on single layered (thickness, ~0.7 nm) WSe2 as the active channel with chemically doped source/drain contacts and high-{\kappa} gate dielectrics. The top-gated monolayer…
Density functional theory calculations are used to show that it is possible to dope semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) such as MoS$_2$ and WS$_2$ with electrons and/or holes either by chemical substitution or by…
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have demonstrated great potential for next-generation electronics and optoelectronics. However, the current 2D semiconductors suffer from intrinsically low carrier mobility at room temperature, which…
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In semiconductor physics, many essential optoelectronic material parameters can be experimentally revealed via optical spectroscopy in sufficiently large magnetic fields. For monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, this…
Recent technological advances in controlling materials have developed methods to produce idealized two-dimensional (2D) electron systems such as heterogeneous interfaces, molecular-beam-epitaxy (MBE) grown atomic layers, exfoliated thin…
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