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Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, stacking different two-dimensional materials, have opened up unprecedented opportunities to explore new physics and device concepts. Especially interesting are recently discovered two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-04 Xinlu Li , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal , Jing-Tao Lü , Jia Zhang , Long You , Yurong Su

Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a new type of materials under intense study because of their interesting physical properties and wide range of potential applications from nanoelectronics to sensing and photonics. Monolayers of…

Defect spectroscopy in two-dimensional (2D) field-effect transistors (FETs) requires device architectures that suppress contact and disorder artifacts while preserving intrinsic carrier dynamics. Here, we demonstrate ReS$_2$-hBN FETs with…

We report here the first RF noise measurements on two designs of n-doped GaN/AlN double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), each having a room-temperature negative differential resistance (NDR) and also strong near-UV light emission.…

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For decades, semiconductors and their heterostructures have underpinned both fundamental and applied research across all areas of electronics. Two-dimensional, 2D (atomically thin) semiconductors have now the potential to push further the…

Two-dimensional (2D) van-der-Waals semiconductors have emerged as a class of materials with promising device characteristics owing to the intrinsic bandgap. For realistic applications, the ideal is to modify the bandgap in a controlled…

Layered two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors can be combined with other low-dimensional semiconductors to form non-planar mixed-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) heterojunctions whose charge transport behavior is influenced by the…

The ferroelectricity emerging in non-polar graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) heterostructures has drawn considerable attention because of its fascinating properties and promising high-frequency electrical polarization switching. Yet,…

A most fundamental and longstanding goal in spintronics is to electrically tune highly efficient spin injectors and detectors, preferably compatible with nanoscale electronics. Here, we demonstrate all these points using semiconductor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Arunav Bordoloi , Valentina Zannier , Lucia Sorba , Christian Schönenberger , Andreas Baumgartner

Atomic intercalation offers a powerful route for engineering two-dimensional (2D) materials by precisely tuning interlayer electronic coupling and spin configurations. Here, we propose a generic strategy for the construction of fully 2D…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-09 Zhi Yan , Jianhua Xiao , Xujin Zhang , Cheng Fang , Xiaohong Xu

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) based on all-two dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures with sharp and clean interfaces in atomic scale are essential for the application of next-generation spintronics. However, the lack of…

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Three dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs) are an important class of materials with applications in electronics, spintronics and quantum computing. With the recent development of truly bulk insulating 3D TIs, it has become possible…

In the present work, we have investigated the performances of L shaped Vertical broken bandgapheterostructureInSb InAsn-channel tunnel field effect transistors TFETs of 4 nm thin channel structures with the gate lengths of 20nm. We have…

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Two-dimensional (2D) materials are highly promising for tunnel field effect transistors (TFETs) with low subthreshold swing and high drive current because the shorter tunnel distance and strong gate controllability can be expected from the…

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) have aroused significant interest due to their functional properties useful for non-volatile memory devices. So far, however, all the existing MFTJs have been based on perovskite-oxide heterostructures…

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Two-dimensional (2D) superconductors, characterized by their inherent quantum confinement, strong spin-orbit coupling, and diverse forms of symmetry breaking, provide an ideal platform for exploring novel quantum transport phenomena. This…

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A growing number of two-dimensional superconductors are being discovered in the family of layered van der Waals (vdW) materials. Due to small sample volume, their characterization has been largely limited to electrical transport…

High frequency operation of tunneling real-space transfer transistor (TRSTT) in the negative differential resistance (NDR) regime is assessed by calculating the device common source unity current gain frequency (fT) range with a small…

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Ultra low-loss microwave materials are crucial for enhancing quantum coherence and scalability of superconducting qubits. Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure is an attractive platform for quantum devices due to the single-crystal structure…