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The effective mass approximation is used to consider plasma and magnetoplasma waves in an electron system on the surface of the semiconductor cylindrical nanotube. The electron-electron coupling is taken into account in the random phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-24 A. M. Ermolaev , G. I. Rashba

The concept of metamaterials emerged in years 2000 with the achievement of artificial structures enabling non conventional propagation of electromagnetic waves, such as negative phase velocity of negative refraction. The electromagnetic…

Van der Waals heterostructures have recently emerged as a new class of materials, where quantum coupling between stacked atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) layers, including graphene, hexagonal-boron nitride, and transition metal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-26 Xiaoping Hong , Jonghwan Kim , Su-Fei Shi , Yu Zhang , Chenhao Jin , Yinghui Sun , Sefaattin Tongay , Junqiao Wu , Yanfeng Zhang , Feng Wang

We report a sequential two-step vapor deposition process for growing mixed-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials, specifically Te nanowires (1D) and MoS$_2$ (2D), on a single SiO$_2$ wafer. Our growth technique offers a unique potential…

Atomically thin layered materials are systems with zero limit bulk-to-surface ratio. Their physical properties are determined by two-dimensionality and strongly affected by interfacing with other systems. Therefore, they represent an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-16 Tomas Samuely , Martin Gmitra , Tristan Cren , Mateo Calandra , Peter Samuely

The electronic structure of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors can be significantly altered by screening effects, either from free charge carriers in the material itself, or by environmental screening from the surrounding medium. The…

We present an analytical nonlocal effective medium approximation to describe the optical nonlocal effects in metallic nanorod metamaterials based on Mie scattering theory. It is shown that the developed nonlocal effective medium theory can…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-03 Tao Geng , Songlin Zhuang , Jie Gao , Xiaodong Yang

We develop an effective medium approach to characterize the propagation of matter waves in periodic structures, such as graphene or semiconductor superlattices. It is proven that the time evolution of the states that are not more localized…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-04 Mario Silveirinha , Nader Engheta

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures combining layered ferromagnets and other two-dimensional (2D) crystals are promising building blocks for the realization of ultra-compact devices with integrated magnetic, electronic and optical…

Recently, van der Waals heterostructure has attracted interest both theoretically and experimentally for their potential applications in photoelectronic devices, photovoltaic devices, plasmonic devices and photocatalysis. Inspired by this,…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-09 Yilin Zhao , Hong Zhang , Xinlu Cheng

It is discussed that the classical effective medium theory for the elastic properties of random heterogeneous materials is not congruous with the effective medium theory for the electrical conductivity. In particular, when describing the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-17 Snarskii Andrei , Shamonin Mikhail , Yuskevich Pavel

In the framework of multiple-scattering theory, we show that the dispersion relations of certain electromagnetic (EM) and elastic metamaterials can be obtained analytically in the long-wavelength limit. Specific examples are given to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-09-06 Ying Wu , Zhao-Qing Zhang

In this work, we perform a follow-up and comprehensive study on the structural details and formation mechanism of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesized one-dimensional (1D) van der Waals heterostructures. Edge structures, nucleation…

Like silicon-based semiconductor devices, van der Waals heterostructures will require integration with high-K oxides. This is needed to achieve suitable voltage scaling, improved performance as well as allowing for added functionalities.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-13 N. Peimyoo , M. D. Barnes , J. D. Mehew , A. De Sanctis , I. Amit , J. Escolar , K. Anastasiou , A. P. Rooney , S. J. Haigh , S. Russo , M. F. Craciun , F. Withers

When two-dimensional atomic crystals are brought into close proximity to form a van der Waals heterostructure, neighbouring crystals can start influencing each others electronic properties. Of particular interest is the situation when the…

Within the frame of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics in causal media, the van der Waals interaction between an atomic system and an arbitrary arrangement of dispersing and absorbing dielectric bodies including metals is studied. It is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Yoshi Buhmann , Ho Trung Dung , Dirk-Gunnar Welsch

The combination of two-dimensional (2D) materials into heterostructures enabled the formation of atomically thin devices with designed properties. To achieve a high density, bottom-up integration, the growth of these 2D heterostructures via…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-08-04 Martin Heilmann , Victor Deinhart , Abbes Tahraoui , Katja Höflich , J. Marcelo J. Lopes

This article discusses electromagnetic properties of volumetric metamaterial samples with essentially discrete structure, that is, assembled as a periodic array of electromagnetic resonators. We develop an efficient numerical procedure for…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-09-19 Aleksander O. Makarenko , Maxim A. Yurkin , Alexey A. Shcherbakov , Mikhail Lapine

Here we discuss the theory and analyze in detail the guidance properties of linear arrays of metamaterial/plasmonic small particles as nano-scale optical nanotransmission lines, including the effect of material loss. Under the assumption of…

Optics · Physics 2007-07-04 Andrea Alu , Nader Engheta

A generic and universal layer engineering strategy for van der Waals (vW) materials, scalable and compatible with the current semiconductor technology is of paramout importance in realizing all-two-dimensional logic circuits and move beyond…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-02 Abin Varghese , Chithra H. Sharma and , Madhu Thalakulam