Phase transitions in 2D materials

W Li, X Qian, J Li - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery and control of new phases of matter is a central endeavour in materials
research. The emergence of atomically thin 2D materials, such as transition-metal …

Atomic structure of defects and dopants in 2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides

S Wang, A Robertson, JH Warner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer monolayer 2D systems with diverse
properties that extend beyond what graphene alone can achieve. The properties of TMDs …

Observation of the quantum spin Hall effect up to 100 kelvin in a monolayer crystal

S Wu, V Fatemi, QD Gibson, K Watanabe, T Taniguchi… - Science, 2018 - science.org
A variety of monolayer crystals have been proposed to be two-dimensional topological
insulators exhibiting the quantum spin Hall effect (QSHE), possibly even at high …

Quantum spin Hall state in monolayer 1T'-WTe2

S Tang, C Zhang, D Wong, Z Pedramrazi, HZ Tsai… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
A quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator is a novel two-dimensional quantum state of matter that
features quantized Hall conductance in the absence of a magnetic field, resulting from …

Observation of the nonlinear Hall effect under time-reversal-symmetric conditions

Q Ma, SY Xu, H Shen, D MacNeill, V Fatemi, TR Chang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The electrical Hall effect is the production, upon the application of an electric field, of a
transverse voltage under an out-of-plane magnetic field. Studies of the Hall effect have led to …

Evidence for equilibrium exciton condensation in monolayer WTe2

B Sun, W Zhao, T Palomaki, Z Fei, E Runburg… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
We present evidence that the two-dimensional bulk of monolayer WTe2 contains electrons
and holes bound by Coulomb attraction—excitons—that spontaneously form in thermal …

Electrically tunable low-density superconductivity in a monolayer topological insulator

V Fatemi, S Wu, Y Cao, L Bretheau, QD Gibson… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Turning on superconductivity in a topologically nontrivial insulator may provide a route to
search for non-Abelian topological states. However, existing demonstrations of …

Electrically switchable Berry curvature dipole in the monolayer topological insulator WTe2

SY Xu, Q Ma, H Shen, V Fatemi, S Wu, TR Chang… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Recent experimental evidence for the quantum spin Hall (QSH) state in monolayer WTe2
has linked the fields of two-dimensional materials and topological physics,,,,,–. This two …

Evidence for a monolayer excitonic insulator

Y Jia, P Wang, CL Chiu, Z Song, G Yu, B Jäck, S Lei… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The interplay between topology and correlations can generate a variety of quantum phases,
many of which remain to be explored. Recent advances have identified monolayer WTe2 as …

Band Signatures for Strong Nonlinear Hall Effect in Bilayer

ZZ Du, CM Wang, HZ Lu, XC **e - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Unconventional responses upon breaking discrete or crystal symmetries open avenues for
exploring emergent physical systems and materials. By breaking inversion symmetry, a …