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Moir\'e materials, typically confined to stacking atomically thin, two - dimensional (2D) layers such as graphene or transition metal dichalcogenides, have transformed our understanding of strongly correlated and topological quantum…
Atomic modulations of two-dimensional materials using scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip-induced forces modifies their mechanical and electrical properties. In situ topographic and spectroscopic probing through electrical tunneling has…
2D heterostructures are more than a sum of the parent 2D materials, but are also a product of the interlayer coupling, which can induce new properties. In this paper we present a method to tune the interlayer coupling in Bi2Se3/MoS2 2D…
While intermetallic (IM)-metal interfaces in metallic alloys are critical for tuning mechanical properties, they can also act as failure sites, underscoring the importance of determining their strength. This study reports on a novel…
Rotational misalignment of two stacked honeycomb lattices produces a moir\'e pattern that is observable in scanning tunneling microscopy as a small modulation of the apparent surface height. This is known from experiments on highly-oriented…
Small-twist-angle transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterobilayers develop isolated flat moir\'e bands that are approximately described by triangular lattice generalized Hubbard models [PhysRevLett.121.026402]. In this article we…
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) interfaces offer a versatile platform for studying emergent quantum phenomena and enabling novel device functionalities. When distinct TMD monolayers are stacked vertically or laterally…
The mechanical and electronic properties of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers corresponding to transition groups IV, VI, and X are explored under mechanical bending from first principles calculations using the strongly…
Semiconducting two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures gained a lot of interest for applications as well as fundamental studies due to their rich optical properties. Assembly in van der Waals heterostacks can significantly…
Twisted heterostructures of two-dimensional crystals can create a moir\'{e} landscape, which can change the properties of it's parent crystals. However, the reproducibility of manual stacking is far from perfect. Here, the alternated…
In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) a moir\'e pattern forms that introduces a new length scale to the material. At the 'magic' twist angle of 1.1{\deg}, this causes a flat band to form, yielding emergent properties such as correlated…
In long-wavelength moir\'e superlattices of stacked transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), structural reconstruction ubiquitously occurs, which has reported to impact significantly their electronic properties. However, complete…
We show that a semiconductor thin film can acquire a non-trivial spin texture due to the proximity effect induced by a topological insulator. The effect stems from coupling to the topological surface states and is present even when the…
Magnetic MXenes are turning out to be an important family of materials for exploring 2D magnetism. However, investigations into the inter-dependence of layer thickness, stacking patterns and magnetism in these materials, from a microscopic…
Atomically thin NbSe2 is a metallic layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) with considerably different crystallographic structure and electronic properties from other TMDs, such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2 and WSe2. Properties of TMD atomic…
Moir\'e heterostructures provide a powerful framework for tailoring electronic band structures via controlled long-range periodic superlattice potentials. Beyond widely studied moir\'e-tailored flat bands, folded band structures can host…
The manipulation of two-dimensional materials via their dielectric environment offers novel opportunities to control electronic as well as optical properties and allows to imprint nanostructures in a non-invasive way. Here we asses the…
Manipulating the interlayer magnetic coupling in van der Waals magnetic materials and heterostructures is the key to tailoring their magnetic and electronic properties for various electronic applications and fundamental studies in condensed…
Geometrical moir\'e patterns, generic for almost aligned bilayers of two-dimensional (2D) crystals with similar lattice structure but slightly different lattice constants, lead to zone folding and miniband formation for electronic states.…
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit remarkable thermal anisotropy due to their strong intralayer covalent bonding and weak interlayer van der Waals (vdW) interactions. However, accurately modeling their thermal…