Recent progress of the computational 2D materials database (C2DB)

MN Gjerding, A Taghizadeh, A Rasmussen, S Ali… - 2D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Computational 2D Materials Database (C2DB) is a highly curated open
database organising a wealth of computed properties for more than 4000 atomically thin two …

Electronic and optical properties of strained graphene and other strained 2D materials: a review

GG Naumis, S Barraza-Lopez… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review presents the state of the art in strain and ripple-induced effects on the electronic
and optical properties of graphene. It starts by providing the crystallographic description of …

Wannier90 as a community code: new features and applications

G Pizzi, V Vitale, R Arita, S Blügel… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
W annier90 is an open-source computer program for calculating maximally-localised
Wannier functions (MLWFs) from a set of Bloch states. It is interfaced to many widely used …

Manipulation of nonlinear optical responses in layered ferroelectric niobium oxide dihalides

L Ye, W Zhou, D Huang, X Jiang, Q Guo, X Cao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Realization of highly tunable second-order nonlinear optical responses, eg, second-
harmonic generation and bulk photovoltaic effect, is critical for develo** modern optical …

Zero-bias mid-infrared graphene photodetectors with bulk photoresponse and calibration-free polarization detection

J Wei, Y Li, L Wang, W Liao, B Dong, C Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), featuring polarization-dependent uniform photoresponse at
zero external bias, holds potential for exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit in the efficiency …

Enhanced intrinsic photovoltaic effect in tungsten disulfide nanotubes

YJ Zhang, T Ideue, M Onga, F Qin, R Suzuki, A Zak… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The photovoltaic effect in traditional p–n junctions—where ap-type material (with an excess
of holes) abuts an n-type material (with an excess of electrons)—involves the light-induced …

Colloquium: Physical properties of group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers

S Barraza-Lopez, BM Fregoso, JW Villanova… - Reviews of Modern …, 2021 - APS
The state-of-the-art knowledge of ferroelectric and ferroelastic group-IV monochalcogenide
monolayers is surveyed. These semiconductors feature remarkable structural and …

Chiral photocurrent in parity-violating magnet and enhanced response in topological antiferromagnet

H Watanabe, Y Yanase - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
Rectified electric current induced by irradiating light, a so-called photocurrent, is an
established phenomenon in optoelectronic physics. In this paper, we present a …

A van der Waals interface that creates in-plane polarization and a spontaneous photovoltaic effect

T Akamatsu, T Ideue, L Zhou, Y Dong, S Kitamura… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Van der Waals interfaces can be formed by layer stacking without regard to lattice constants
or symmetries of individual building blocks. We engineered the symmetry of a van der Waals …

Strong bulk photovoltaic effect in engineered edge-embedded van der Waals structures

Z Liang, X Zhou, L Zhang, XL Yu, Y Lv, X Song… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), a second-order nonlinear optical effect governed by the
quantum geometric properties of materials, offers a promising approach to overcome the …