Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Phononic crystals (PnCs) control the transport of sound and heat similar to the control of
electric currents by semiconductors and metals or light by photonic crystals. Basic and …

Cellular microstructures form naturally in many living organisms (eg, flowers and leaves) to
provide vital functions in synthesis, transport of nutrients, and regulation of growth. Although …

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) attract significant attention due to their remarkable
optical and excitonic properties. It was understood already in the 1960s and recently …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials, such as
MoS 2, WS 2, MoSe 2, and WSe 2, have received extensive attention in the past decade due …

The outstanding chemical and physical properties of 2D materials, together with their
atomically thin nature, make them ideal candidates for metaphotonic device integration and …

Over the past decade, research on atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs) has expanded rapidly due to their unique properties such as high …

With the reduction of feature size and increase of integration density, traditional 3D
semiconductors are unable to meet the future requirements of chip integration. The current …

Second-order nonlinearity in solids gives rise to a plethora of unique physical phenomena
ranging from piezoelectricity and optical rectification to optical parametric amplification …

With the advance of on-chip nanophotonics, there is a high demand for high-refractive-index
and low-loss materials. Currently, this technology is dominated by silicon, but van der Waals …