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Two-dimensional (2D) materials are increasingly being used as active components in nanoscale devices. Many interesting properties of 2D materials stem from the reduced and highly non-local electronic screening in two dimensions. While…
The excitonic states of transition metal dichacolgenide (TMD) monolayers are heavily influenced by their external dielectric environment based on the substrate used. In this work, various wide bandgap dielectric materials, namely hexagonal…
Monolayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) hold great promise as future nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices. An essential feature for achieving high device performance is the use of suitable supporting substrates, which can…
A key advantage of utilizing van der Waals materials as defect-hosting platforms for quantum applications is the controllable proximity of the defect to the surface or the substrate for improved light extraction, enhanced coupling with…
Two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (BN) nanosheets are excellent dielectric substrate for graphene, molybdenum disulfide and many other 2D nanomaterials based electronic and photonic devices. To optimize the performance of these…
Heterostructures of van der Waals bonded layered materials offer unique means to tailor dielectric screening with atomic-layer precision, opening a fertile field of fundamental research. The optical analyses used so far have relied on…
Point defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising candidates as single-photon emitters (SPEs) in nanophotonics and quantum information applications. The precise control of SPEs requires in-depth understanding of their…
The optical properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers such as MoS$_2$ or WSe$_2$ are dominated by excitons, Coulomb bound electron-hole pairs. Screening effects due the presence of hexagonal-BN surrounding…
Interfaces formed between monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and (metallo)phthalocyanine molecules are promising in energy applications and provide a platform for studying mixed-dimensional molecule-semiconductor…
In van der Waals heterostructures, the relative alignment of bands between layers, and the resulting band hybridisation, are key factors in determining a range of electronic properties. This work examines these effects for heterostructures…
Excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors are directly exposed to the environment and are sensitive to the dielectric properties of their surrounding. Here, we show that the Rydberg series of excited states of excitons in a monolayer…
First-principle calculations were employed to analyze the effects induced by vacancies of molybdenum (Mo) and sulfur (S) on the dielectric properties of few-layered MoS2. We explored the combined effects of vacancies and dipole interactions…
Two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide-bandgap van der Waals crystal with a unique combination of properties, including exceptional strength, large oxidation resistance at high temperatures and optical functionalities.…
The hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) encapsulation has been widely used in the electronics applications of 2D materials to improve device performance by protecting 2D materials against contamination and degradation. It is often assumed that…
Electric field screening plays an important role in the physical and chemical properties of materials and their devices. Here, we use a compelling set of theoretical and experimental techniques involving van der Waals (vdW) ab initio…
Single layers of transition metal dichalcogenides, such as WSe$_2$ have gathered increasing attention due to their intense electron-hole interactions, being considered promising candidates for developing novel optical applications. Within…
The electronic properties of two-dimensional materials such as graphene are extremely sensitive to their environment, especially the underlying substrate. Planar van der Waals bonded substrates such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have…
Tuning physical properties of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers by strain engineering have most widely studied, and recently Janus TMD monolayer MoSSe has been synthesized. In this work, we systematically study biaxial strain…
Two-dimensional materials provide a rich platform to explore phenomena such as emerging electronic and excitonic states, strong light-matter coupling and new optoelectronic device concepts. The optical response of monolayers is entangled…
In binary compound 2D insulators/semiconductors such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), the different electron affinities of atoms can give rise to out-of-plane electric polarizations across inversion asymmetric van der Waals interface of…