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Twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ (tMoTe$_2$) has emerged as a robust platform for exploring correlated topological phases, notably supporting fractional Chern insulator (FCI) states at zero magnetic field across a wide range of twist angles. The…

We study the evolution of the band-gap structure in few-layer MoTe$_2$ crystals, by means of low-temperature micro-reflectance (MR) and temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The analysis of the measurements indicate…

A high power factor and low lattice thermal conductivity are two essential ingredients of highly efficient thermoelectric materials. Although monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides possess high power factors, high lattice thermal…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-02 S. Shahab Naghavi , Jiangang He , Yi Xia , C. Wolverton

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MtBLG) has proven to be an extremely promising new platform to realize and study a host of emergent quantum phases arising from the strong correlations in its narrow bandwidth flat band. In this regard,…

Most recently the formation of boron monoxide (BO) in the two-dimensional (2D) form has been confirmed experimentally (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14660). Motivated by the aforementioned finding, herein we theoretically explore the key…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Bohayra Mortazavi , Fazel Shojaei , Fei Ding , Xiaoying Zhuang

We propose twisted bilayers of certain group IV and IVB trigonal transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) MX$_{2}$ (M$=$Zr, Hf, Sn and X$=$S, Se) as moir\'{e} materials. In monolayer form these TMDs have conduction band minima near the three…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Chao Lei , Perry T. Mahon , Allan H. MacDonald

Due to its incommensurate nature, moir\'e superlattices host not only acoustic phonons but also another type of soft collective modes called phasons. Here, we investigate the impact of electron-phason scattering on the transport properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 Héctor Ochoa , Rafael M. Fernandes

In this study, we systematically investigate the thermal and electronic transport properties of two-dimensional PbSe/PbTe monolayer heterostructure by combining first-principles calculations, Boltzmann transport theory, and machine learning…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-27 Ruihao Tan , Kaiwang Zhang , Yue-Wen Fang

We compute the thermal conductivity of monolayer beryllene using the linearized phonon Boltzmann transport equation with interatomic force constants obtained from \textit{ab-initio} calculations. Monolayer beryllene exhibits an impressive…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-10 Sapta Sindhu Paul Chowdhury , Santosh Mogurampelly

Moir\'e excitons are emergent optical excitations in 2D semiconductors with deep moir\'e superlattice potentials. While these excitations have been realized in several platforms, a system with dynamically tunable moir\'e potential to tailor…

The thermoelectric transport coefficients of electrons in two recently emerged transition metal dichalcogenides(TMD), MoS2 and WSe2, are calculated by solving Boltzmann Transport equation and coupled electrical and thermal current equations…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-28 Krishnendu Ghosh , Uttam Singisetti

Ultrathin layers of semiconducting molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) offer significant prospects in future electronic and optoelectronic applications. Although an increasing number of experiments bring light into the electronic transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-10 Jing Wu , Hennrik Schmidt , Amara Kiran Kumar , Xiangfan Xu , Goki Eda , Barbaros Özyilmaz

The ultimate limitations on carrier mobilities in metal dichalcogenides, and the dynamics associated with carrier relaxation, are unclear. We present measurements of the frequency-dependent conductivity of multilayer dichalcogenide MoS2 by…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-10 Jared H. Strait , Parinita Nene , Farhan Rana

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-25 Branimir Radisavljevic , Andras Kis

We present a systematic theoretical study on the structural and electronic properties of twisted trilayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) WSe$_2$, where two independent moir\'e patterns form between adjacent layers. Using a continuum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Naoto Nakatsuji , Takuto Kawakami , Hayato Tateishi , Koichiro Kato , Mikito Koshino

When semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructures are stacked the twist angle and lattice mismatch leads to a periodic moir\'e potential. As the angle between the layers changes, so do the electronic properties. As the…

Quantum conductance calculations on the mechanically deformed monolayers of MoS$_2$ and WS$_2$ were performed using the non-equlibrium Green's functions method combined with the Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker approach for ballistic transport…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-04 Mahdi Ghorbani-Asl , Stefano Borini , Agnieszka Kuc , Thomas Heine

In this paper, the electrical transport, thermal transport, and thermoelectric properties of three new Janus STe$_{2}$, SeTe$_{2}$, and Se$_{2}$Te monolayers are systematically studied by first-principles calculations, as well as the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-21 Shao-Bo Chen , San-Dong Guo , Bing Lv , Mei Xu , Xiang-Rong Chen , Hua-Yun Geng

Single-layer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) WSe2 has recently attracted a lot of attention because it is a 2D semiconductor with a direct band-gap. Due to low doping levels it is intrinsic and shows ambipolar transport. This opens up…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-18 Adrien Allain , Andras Kis

Monolayer semiconductors of group-VA elements (As, Sb, Bi) with graphenelike buckled structure offer a potential to achieve nanoscale electronic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric devices. Motivated by recently-fabricated Sb monolayer, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-10 Dong-Chen Zhang , Ai-Xia Zhang , San-Dong Guo