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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…
Thermopower measurements of molecular junctions have recently gained interest as a characterization technique that supplements the more traditional conductance measurements. Here we investigate the electronic conductance and thermopower of…
We present thermoelectric properties of Be$_2$C monolayer based on density functional theory and semi-classical Boltzmann transport theory. Electronic structure calculations predict this material as a semiconductor with a direct bandgap of…
We combine infrared absorption and Raman scattering spectroscopies to explore the properties of the heavy transition metal dichalcogenide 1T-HfS$_2$. We employ the LO-TO splitting of the $E_u$ vibrational mode along with a reevaluation of…
We report a very large spin-orbit torque (SOT) capability of chromium-based transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) in their Janus forms CrXTe, with X=S,Se. The structural inversion symmetry breaking, inherent to Janus structures is…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit a wide range of electronic properties that make them promising candidates for next-generation nanoelectronic devices. Accurate prediction of their quantum transport behavior is therefore of both…
The average ionization state is a critical parameter in plasma models for charged particle transport, equation of state, and optical response. The dynamical or nonadiabatic Born effective charge (NBEC), calculated via first principles…
Janus MoSSe monolayers were recently synthesised by replacing S by Se on one side of MoS$_2$ (or vice versa for MoSe$_2$). Due to the different electronegativity of S and Se these structures carry a finite out-of-plane dipole moment. As we…
The electrical performance of two dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is strongly influenced by the amount of structural defects inside. In this work, we provide an optical spectroscopic characterization approach to…
We theoretically predict that vanadium-based Janus dichalcogenide monolayers constitute an ideal platform for spin-orbit-torque memories. Using first principles calculations, we demonstrate that magnetic exchange and magnetic anisotropy…
Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are layered compounds that support many electronic phases, including various charge density waves, superconducting, and Mott insulating states. Their intercalation with magnetic ions introduces…
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…
The charge carrier transport in metal phthallocyanine based disordered thin films has been investigated. Charge carrier mobility in these disordered thin films strongly depends on the electric field and temperature due to hopping…
While cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films are being used in solar cell prototyping for decades, the recent advent of two-dimensional (2D) materials challenges the fundamental limit for thickness of conventional CdTe layers. Here, we report…
We carry out a systematic study of the thermal conductivity of four single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides, MX$_2$ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se) from first-principles by solving the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE). We compare three…
Diamond field-effect transistors (FETs) have potential applications in power electronics and high-output high-frequency amplifications. In such applications, high charge-carrier mobility is desirable for a reduced loss and high-speed…
We create controllable active particles in the form of metal-dielectric Janus colloids which acquire motility through a nematic liquid crystal film by transducing the energy of an imposed perpendicular AC electric field. We achieve complete…
The anisotropic charge carrier mobilities of two phenancene series compounds such as dibenzo[a,c]picene (DBP) and tribenzo[a,c,k]tetraphene (TBT) is investigated based on the first-principle calculations and Marcus-Hush theory. The…
Efficient heat dissipation to the substrate is crucial for optimal device performance in nanoelectronics. We develop a theory of electronic thermal boundary conductance (TBC) mediated by remote phonon scattering for the single-layer…
General properties of charge carrier transport in disordered organic materials are discussed. Spatial correlation between energies of transport sites determines the form of the drift mobility field dependence. Particular kind of spatial…