Emerging exciton physics in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers

EC Regan, D Wang, EY Paik, Y Zeng, L Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are 2D semiconductors with tightly
bound excitons and correspondingly strong light–matter interactions. Owing to the weak van …

Colloquium: Excitons in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides

G Wang, A Chernikov, MM Glazov, TF Heinz… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018‏ - APS
Atomically thin materials such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) exhibit remarkable physical properties resulting from their reduced dimensionality …

Continuous Mott transition in semiconductor moiré superlattices

T Li, S Jiang, L Li, Y Zhang, K Kang, J Zhu, K Watanabe… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
The evolution of a Landau Fermi liquid into a non-magnetic Mott insulator with increasing
electronic interactions is one of the most puzzling quantum phase transitions in physics …

Signatures of moiré-trapped valley excitons in MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayers

KL Seyler, P Rivera, H Yu, NP Wilson, EL Ray… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
The formation of moiré patterns in crystalline solids can be used to manipulate their
electronic properties, which are fundamentally influenced by periodic potential landscapes …

Engineering symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials

L Du, T Hasan, A Castellanos-Gomez, GB Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials plays a significant role in their macroscopic
electrical, optical, magnetic and topological properties, including, but not limited to, spin …

Research advances in magnetic field‐assisted photocatalysis

R Li, LP Qiu, SZ Cao, Z Li, SL Gao… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion thorugh photocatalytic technology has garnered
significant attention due to its potential for clean hydrogen pro duction, pollutant …

Two-dimensional intrinsic ferrovalley with large valley polarization

HX Cheng, J Zhou, W Ji, YN Zhang, YP Feng - Physical Review B, 2021‏ - APS
Manipulation of the valley degree of freedom provides a novel paradigm in quantum
information technology. In this work, through first principles calculations, we demonstrate …

Next‐Generation Photodetectors beyond Van Der Waals Junctions

F Wang, T Zhang, R **e, A Liu, F Dai… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
With the continuous advancement of nanofabrication techniques, development of novel
materials, and discovery of useful manipulation mechanisms in high‐performance …

Valleytronics in 2D materials

JR Schaibley, H Yu, G Clark, P Rivera, JS Ross… - Nature Reviews …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Semiconductor technology is currently based on the manipulation of electronic charge;
however, electrons have additional degrees of freedom, such as spin and valley, that can be …

Light–valley interactions in 2D semiconductors

KF Mak, D **ao, J Shan - Nature Photonics, 2018‏ - nature.com
The emergence of two-dimensional Dirac materials, particularly transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs), has reinvigorated interest in valleytronics, which utilizes the …