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Moir\'e engineering in two-dimensional van der Waals bilayer crystals has emerged as a flexible platform for controlling strongly correlated electron systems. The competition between valleys for the band extremum energy position in the…
We have investigated the vibrational properties of van der Waals heterostructures of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), specifically MoS2/WSe2 and MoSe2/MoS2 heterobilayers as well as twisted MoS2 bilayers, by means of…
Twisted van der Waals bilayers offer ideal two-dimensional (2D) platforms for exploring the intricate interplay between the spin and charge degrees of freedom of electrons. By investigating twisted MoS2 bilayer, featuring two distinct…
Twisted bilayers of two-dimensional materials, such as twisted bilayer graphene, often feature flat electronic bands that enable the observation of electron correlation effects. In this work, we study the electronic structure of twisted…
The advent of twist-engineering in two-dimensional (2D) crystals enables the design of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures exhibiting emergent properties. In the case of magnets, this approach can afford artificial antiferromagnets with…
We report robust room temperature interlayer excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures engineered via precise stacking orientation and twist-angle control. We integrate 2H-stacked…
We address the sliding thermodynamics of van der Waals-bonded bilayers by the continuum elasticity theory. We attribute the robustness of the ferroelectricity recently observed in h-BN and WTe2 bilayers to large monolayer in-plane…
Interfacing atomically thin van der Waals semiconductors with magnetic substrates enables additional control on their intrinsic valley degree of freedom and provides a promising platform for the development of novel valleytronic devices for…
Interlayer stacking order has recently emerged as a unique degree of freedom to control crystal symmetry and physical properties in two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials and heterostructures. By tuning the layer stacking pattern,…
Moire superlattices formed in van der Waals heterostructures due to twisting, lattice mismatch and strain present an opportunity for creating novel metamaterials with unique properties not present in the individual layers themselves.…
Unlike bilayers or a few layers thick materials, heterostructures are designer materials formed by assembling different monolayers in any desired sequence. As a result, while multilayer materials come with their intrinsic properties,…
Semiconducting ferromagnet-nonmagnet interfaces in van der Waals heterostructures present a unique opportunity to investigate magnetic proximity interactions dependent upon a multitude of phenomena including valley and layer pseudospins,…
The availability of accessible fabrication methods based on deterministic transfer of atomically thin crystals has been essential for the rapid expansion of research into van der Waals heterostructures. An inherent issue of these techniques…
Transition metal dichalcogenides have attracted much attention recently due to their potential applications in spintronics and photonics as a result of the indirect to direct band gap transition and the emergence of the spin-valley coupling…
The interlayer couplings in commensurate and incommensurate bilayer structures of transition metal dichalcogenides are investigated with perturbative treatment. The interlayer coupling in \pm K valleys can be decomposed into a series of…
We investigate the impact of crystal alignment on excitonic behavior in WSe$_{2}$/MoS$_{2}$ van der Waals heterostructures by comparing eclipsed (AA) and staggered (AB) stacking configurations. Our first-principles and symmetry-based…
Interlayer coupling plays a critical role in van der Waals materials by governing lattice stability and emergent quantum phases, yet its impact on few-layer hexagonal CoTe$_2$ remains unclear. Here, using first-principles calculations, we…
In order to promote the development of the next generation of nano-spintronic devices, it is of great significance to tune the freedom of valley in two-dimensional (2D) materials. Here, we propose a mechanism for manipulating the valley and…
Elastic properties of materials are an important factor in their integration in applications. Chemical vapor deposited (CVD) monolayer semiconductors are proposed as key components in industrial-scale flexible devices and building blocks of…
Alloyed transition metal dichalcogenides provide an opportunity for coupling band engineering with valleytronic phenomena in an atomically-thin platform. However, valley properties in alloys remain largely unexplored. We investigate the…