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A direct band gap, remarkable light-matter coupling as well as strong spin-orbit and Coulomb interaction establish two-dimensional (2D) crystals of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) as an emerging material class for fundamental…

Semiconductors in all dimensionalities ranging from 0D quantum dots and molecules to 3D bulk crystals support bound electron-hole pair quasiparticles termed as excitons. Over the past two decades, the emergence of a variety of…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-08-03 Surendra B. Anantharaman , Kiyoung Jo , Deep Jariwala

The optical properties of weakly-doped two-dimensional materials are dominated by strong exciton and trion absorption and luminescence features. In this article we examine the influence of moir\'e patterns in semiconductor heterobilayers on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Yongxin Zeng , Allan H. MacDonald

Excitons dominate the optical properties of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Besides optically accessible bright exciton states, TMDs exhibit also a multitude of optically forbidden dark excitons. Here, we show that…

This article explores the recent advancements in atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) and their potential applications in various fields, including nanoelectronics, photonics, sensing, energy storage,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-17 Mitesh B. Solanki , Margi Jani

We calculate the binding energy, transition energies, oscillator strength, and absorption coefficient of indirect excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) double layers separated by an integer number of hexagonal boron nitride…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-19 Matthew N. Brunetti , Oleg L. Berman , Roman Ya. Kezerashvili

This article reviews recent progress in two-dimensional (2D) hybrid structures that integrate transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with photochromic molecules for photodetector applications. Atomically thin TMD semiconductors offer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Sewon Park , Jaehoon Ji , Joakim Andreasson , Jeong Ho You , Jong Hyun Choi

The tunability of materials properties by light promises a wealth of future applications in energy conversion and information technology. Strongly correlated materials such as transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) offer optical control…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-10 Till Domröse , Thomas Danz , Sophie F. Schaible , Kai Rossnagel , Sergey V. Yalunin , Claus Ropers

Long-range and fast transport of coherent excitons is important for development of high-speed excitonic circuits and quantum computing applications. However, most of these coherent excitons have only been observed in some low-dimensional…

Single- and few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides have recently emerged as a new family of layered crystals with great interest, not only from the fundamental point of view, but also because of their potential application in ultrathin…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-10-14 R. Roldán , J. A. Silva-Guillén , M. P. López-Sancho , F. Guinea , E. Cappelluti , P. Ordejón

One of the fascinating properties of the new families of two-dimensional crystals is their high stretchability and the possibility to use external strain to manipulate, in a controlled manner, their optical and electronic properties. Strain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-24 Rafael Roldán , Andres Castellanos-Gomez , Emmanuele Cappelluti , Francisco Guinea

Two-dimensional halide perovskites are among intensely studied materials platforms profiting from solution based growth and chemical flexibility. They feature exceptionally strong interactions among electronic, optical as well as…

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a branch of two-dimensional materials which in addition to having an easy-to-exfoliate layered structure, also host semiconducting, metallic, superconducting, and topological properties in various…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-01-25 Suvodeep Paul , Saswata Talukdar , Ravi Shankar Singh , Surajit Saha

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are regarded as a possible materials platform for quantum information science and related device applications. In TMD monolayers, the dephasing time and inhomogeneity are crucial parameters for any…

Strain engineering has quickly emerged as a viable option to modify the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of 2D materials. However, it remains challenging to arbitrarily control the strain. Here we show that by creating…

Due to a strong Coulomb interaction, excitons dominate the excitation kinetics in 2D materials. While Coulomb-scattering between electrons has been well studied, the interaction of excitons is more challenging and remains to be explored. As…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-27 Daniel Erkensten , Samuel Brem , Ermin Malic

Light modulation is an essential operation in photonics and optoelectronics. With existing and emerging technologies increasingly demanding compact, efficient, fast and broadband optical modulators, high-performance light modulation…

Optics · Physics 2016-05-04 Zhipei Sun , Amos Martinez , Feng Wang

Integrating 2D materials into high-quality optical microcavities opens the door to fascinating many-particle phenomena including the formation of exciton-polaritons. These are hybrid quasi-particles inheriting properties of both the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-10 Beatriz Ferreira , Roberto Rosati , Jamie M. Fitzgerald , Ermin Malic

Two-dimensional semiconductors have emerged as a new class of materials for nanophotonics for their strong exciton-photon interaction and flexibility for engineering and integration. Taking advantage of these properties, we engineer an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Eunice Y. Paik , Long Zhang , G. William Burg , Rahul Gogna , Emanuel Tutuc , Hui Deng

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) represent an ideal testbench for the search of materials by design, because their optoelectronic properties can be manipulated through surface engineering and molecular…