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Monolayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides are a strongly emergent platform for exploring quantum phenomena in condensed matter, building novel opto-electronic devices with enhanced functionalities. Due to their atomic…

Monolayer C$_3$N is an emerging two-dimensional indirect band gap semiconductor with interesting mechanical, thermal, and electronic properties. In this work we present a description of C$_3$N electronic and dielectric properties, focusing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Miki Bonacci , Matteo Zanfrognini , Elisa Molinari , Alice Ruini , Marilia J. Caldas , Andrea Ferretti , Daniele Varsano

We have realized encapsulated trilayer MoS$_2$ devices with gated graphene contacts. In the bulk, we observe an electron mobility as high as 7000~cm$^{2}$/(V s) at a density of 3 $\times$ 10$^{12}$~cm$^{-2}$ at a temperature of 1.9~K.…

The wave nature of light sets a fundamental diffraction limit that challenges confinement and control of light in nanoscale structures with dimensions significantly smaller than the wavelength. Here, we demonstrate van der Waals MoS_2…

We theoretically investigate the binding energy and electron-hole (e-h) overlap of excitonic states confined at the interface between two-dimensional materials with type-II band alignment, i.e., with lowest conduction and highest valence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Igor L. C. Lima , M. V. Milošević , F. M. Peeters , Andrey Chaves

Strongly bound excitons dominate the optical response in many van der Waals semiconductors, yet distinguishing between the different microscopic processes governing exciton dissociation remains challenging. Using time- and angle-resolved…

In this study, we investigate excitonic properties of epitaxially grown WS2, which is of particular interest for various applications due to its potential for upscaling to wafer sized structures. Understanding the effect of the dielectric…

III-nitride wide bandgap semiconductors exhibit large exciton binding energies, preserving strong excitonic effects at room temperature. On the other hand, semiconducting two-dimensional (2D) materials, including MoS$_2$, also exhibit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-23 Danxuan Chen , Jin Jiang , Thomas F. K. Weatherley , Jean-François Carlin , Mitali Banerjee , Nicolas Grandjean

Exciton dissociation plays a crucial role in the performance of optoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In this work, we investigate the effect of an in-plane electric field on the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-11 Tao Zhu , Chenhang Zheng , Lei Xu , Ming Yang

Trions are excitonic species with a positive or negative charge, and thus, unlike neutral excitons, the flow of trions can generate a net detectable charge current. Trions under favourable doping conditions can be created in a coherent…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-03-24 Sarthak Das , Sangeeth Kallatt , Nithin Abraham , Kausik Majumdar

Van der Waals heterostructures usually formed using atomic thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with a direct bandgap in the near-infrared to the visible range are promising candidates for low-dimensional optoelectronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-21 Guanghui Cheng , Baikui Li , Chunyu Zhao , Xin Yan , Hong Wang , Kei May Lau , Jiannong Wang

Semiconducting transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) moir\'e superlattice provides an exciting platform for manipulating excitons. The in-situ control of moir\'e potential confined exciton would usher in unprecedented functions of…

The formation of intra-layer and inter-layer exciton condensates in a model of a double monolayer Weyl semi-metal is studied in the strong coupling limit using AdS/CFT duality. We find a rich phase diagram which includes phase transitions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-30 Gianluca Grignani , Andrea Marini , Namshik Kim , Gordon W. Semenoff

The ability to assemble layers of two-dimensional (2D) materials to form permutations of van der Waals heterostructures provides significant opportunities in materials design and synthesis. Interlayer interactions provide a path to new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-09 Zachariah Hennighausen , Jisoo Moon , Kathleen M. McCreary , Connie H. Li , Olaf M. J. van `t Erve , Berend T. Jonker

Atomically-thin layers of two-dimensional materials can be assembled in vertical stacks held together by relatively weak van der Waals forces, allowing for coupling between monolayer crystals with incommensurate lattices and arbitrary…

We study a capacitor made of three monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) separated by hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN). We assume that the structure is symmetric with respect to the central layer plane. The symmetry includes the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-10 M. Sammon , B. I. Shklovskii

The optical properties of monolayer and bilayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors are governed by excitons in different spin and valley configurations, providing versatile aspects for van der Waals heterostructures and devices.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 J. Förste , N. V. Tepliakov , S. Yu. Kruchinin , J. Lindlau , V. Funk , M. Förg , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , A. S. Baimuratov , A. Högele

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) allows lateral edge epitaxy of transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures with potential applications in optoelectronics. Critical for carrier and exciton transport is the quality of the two materials…

Integrating two-dimensional van der Waals materials with optical cavities has revealed a fascinating platform to study exciton-polariton physics. Manipulating exciton polaritons often requires external control over the electrical and…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-08 Zhi Wang , Li He , Bumho Kim , Bo Zhen

Since the seminal work on MoS2 monolayers, photoexcitation in atomically-thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) has been assumed to result in excitons with large binding energies (~ 200-600 meV). Because the exciton binding energies…