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Hybrid interfaces formed by inorganic semiconductors and organic molecules are intriguing materials for opto-electronics. Interfacial charge transfer is primarily responsible for their peculiar electronic structure and optical response.…
Lateral heterostructures built of monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are characterized by a thin 1D interface exhibiting a large energy offset. Recently, the formation of spatially separated charge-transfer (CT) excitons…
The ultrafast formation of strongly bound excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors provide a rich platform for studying fundamental physics as well as developing novel optoelectronic technologies. While extensive research has explored the…
Moir\'e potentials in two-dimensional materials have been proven to be of fundamental importance to fully understand the electronic structure of van der Waals heterostructures, from superconductivity to correlated excitonic states. However,…
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Exciton-exciton interactions are key to understanding non-linear optical and transport phenomena in van der Waals heterobilayers, which emerged as versatile platforms to study correlated electronic states. We present a combined…