Semiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing,
communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace …

Magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials has recently emerged as
one of the most promising areas in condensed matter research, with many exciting emerging …

The interplay between spontaneous symmetry breaking and topology can result in exotic
quantum states of matter. A celebrated example is the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) state …

Atomically thin materials such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) exhibit remarkable physical properties resulting from their reduced dimensionality …

Abstract 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides comprise an emerging class of
materials with distinct properties, including large exciton binding energies that reach …

The design and control of material interfaces is a foundational approach to realize
technologically useful effects and engineer material properties. This is especially true for two …

Quantum particles on a lattice with competing long-range interactions are ubiquitous in
physics; transition metal oxides,, layered molecular crystals and trapped-ion arrays are a few …

Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are 2D semiconductors with tightly
bound excitons and correspondingly strong light–matter interactions. Owing to the weak van …

Moiré superlattices enable the generation of new quantum phenomena in two-dimensional
heterostructures, in which the interactions between the atomically thin layers qualitatively …

Two-dimensional group-VI transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, such as MoS2,
WSe2, and others, exhibit strong light-matter coupling and possess direct band gaps in the …