Since graphene became available by a scotch tape technique, a vast class of two-
dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) layered materials has been researched intensively …

Van der Waals layered transition metal dichalcogenides can exist in many different atomic
and electronic phases. Such diverse polymorphisms not only provide a route for …

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer fascinating opportunities for
fundamental nanoscale science and various technological applications. They are a …

The interface is the device. As the feature size rapidly shrinks, silicon‐based electronic
devices are facing multiple challenges of material performance decrease and interface …

The success of silicon as a dominant semiconductor technology has been enabled by its
moderate band gap (1.1 eV), permitting low-voltage operation at reduced leakage current …

Atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) is an emerging star of 2D materials. It is
taken as an optimal substrate for other 2D‐material‐based devices owing to its atomical …

Graphene-like two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, such as transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and black phosphorus (BP), have been extensively studied in the …

Piezoelectric nanomaterials have been emerging as flagship materials for harvesting
nanoelectromechanical energy. Pristine, semiconducting 1T-MX2 (M= Zr and Hf; X= S, Se …

Among two dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) layered materials such as graphene,
which is used like a metal, and transition metal chalcogenides (TMdCs), which are used as …

Exploitation of the oxidation behaviour in an environmentally sensitive semiconductor is
significant to modulate its electronic properties and develop unique applications. Here, we …