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The two dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenides provide new opportunities in future valley based information processing and also provide ideal platform to study excitonic effects. At the center of various device physics toward…

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Layered van der Waals transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), generally composed of three atomic X-M-X planes in each layer (M = transition metal, X = chalcogen), provide versatile platforms for exploring diverse quantum phenomena. In…

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