Abstract The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) advanced a new paradigm for materials
discovery and design, namely that the pace of new materials deployment could be …

The synthesis of bulk crystals, thin films and nanostructures plays a seminal role in
expanding the frontiers of quantum materials. Crystal growers accomplish this by creating …

Controllable quantum systems are under active investigation for quantum computing, secure
information processing, and nonvolatile memory. The optical manipulation of spin quantum …

This paper shows how terahertz light can drive ultrafast topological phase transitions in
monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). The phase transition is induced by the …

The marriage between a 2D layered material (2DLM) and a complex transition metal oxide
(TMO) results in a variety of physical and chemical phenomena that cannot be achieved in …

A novel heterostructure is designed by stacking 2D black phosphorus (BP) on a SrTiO3
substrate. The device demonstrates programmable photoconductive switching under …

Topological insulators constitute a fascinating class of quantum materials with nontrivial,
gapless states on the surface and insulating bulk states. By revealing the optoelectronic …

Charge-to-spin conversion in various materials is the key for the fundamental understanding
of spin-orbitronics and efficient magnetization manipulation. Here we report the direct spatial …

Three-dimensional topological insulators are a class of Dirac materials, wherein strong spin-
orbit coupling leads to two-dimensional surface states. The latter feature spin-momentum …

Dynamic tuning of thermal transport in solids is scientifically intriguing with wide applications
for thermal transport control in electronic devices. In this work, we demonstrate a thermal …