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The prospect of coupling a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor heterostructure to a superconductor opens new research and technology opportunities, including fundamental problems in mesoscopic superconductivity, scalable superconducting…
Electrical control of magnetism in a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor is of great interest for emerging nanoscale low-dissipation spintronic devices. Here, we propose a general approach of tuning magnetic coupling and anisotropy of a van…
The scaling of transistors to sub-10 nm dimensions is strongly limited by their contact resistance (Rc). Here we present a systematic study of scaling MoS2 devices and contacts with varying electrode metals and controlled deposition…
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 contact resistance limits the down-scaling and operating range of OFETs. With the monolayer (1L) organic crystals and non-destructive metal/semiconductor interfaces, intrinsic mobility of 12.5 cm2V-1s-1 and Ohmic contact resistance of…
Plasmons in two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) feature ultra-strong confinement and are expected to efficiently mediate the interactions between light and charge carriers. Despite these expectations, the electromagnetic detectors…
Monolayer MoS2, MoSe2, MoTe2, WS2, WSe2, and black phosphorous field effect transistors (FETs) operating in the low-voltage (LV) regime (0.3V) with geometries from the 2019 and 2028 nodes of the 2013 International Technology Roadmap for…
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) monolayers, as two-dimensional (2D) direct bandgap semiconductors, hold promise for advanced optoelectronic and photocatalytic devices. Interaction with three-dimensional (3D) metals, like Au,…
Metal contacts are a key limiter to the electronic performance of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor devices. Here we present a comprehensive study of contact interfaces between seven metals (Y, Sc, Ag, Al, Ti, Au, Ni, with work functions…
Making ultra-short gate-length transistors significantly contributes to scaling the contacted gate pitch. This, in turn, plays a vital role in achieving smaller standard logic cells for enhanced logic density scaling. As we push the…
We present numerical calculations of the conductance of an interface between a phase-coherent two-dimensional electron gas and a superconductor with a quantum point contact in the normal region. Using a scattering matrix approach we…
Recently demonstrated metal-semiconductor heterojunctions with few-atom thickness show their promise as 2D Schottky contacts for future integrated circuits and nanoelectronics. The theory for 3D Schottky contacts, however, fails on these…
Metal-semiconductor interface is a bottleneck for efficient transport of charge carriers through Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (TMD) based field-effect transistors (FETs). Injection of charge carriers across such interfaces is mostly…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a new class of materials with interesting physical properties and ranging from nanoelectronics to sensing and photonics. In addition to graphene, the most studied 2D material, monolayers of other layered…
The metal-semiconductor contact is a major factor limiting the shrinking of transistor dimension to further increase device performance. In-plane edge contacts have the potential to achieve lower contact resistance due to stronger orbital…
Doping is an effective way to modify the electronic property of two-dimensional (2D) materials and endow them with new functionalities. However, wide-range control of the substitutional doping concentration with large scale uniformity…
The study of electron transport in low-dimensional systems is of importance, not only from a fundamental point of view, but also for future electronic and spintronic devices. In this context heterostructures containing a two-dimensional…
In this article, we investigate electrical transport properties in ultrathin body (UTB) MoS2 two-dimensional (2D) crystals with channel lengths ranging from 2 {\mu}m down to 50 nm. We compare the short channel behavior of sets of MOSFETs…
Two-dimensional material-based field effect transistors (2DM-FETs) are playing a revolutionary role in electronic devices. However, after years of development, no device model can match the Pao-Sah model for standard silicon-based…
A systematic investigation of graphene edge contacts is provided. Intentionally patterning monolayer graphene at the contact region creates well-defined edge contacts that lead to a 67% enhancement in current injection from a gold contact.…