Layered materials are taking centre stage in the ever-increasing research effort to develop
material platforms for quantum technologies. We are at the dawn of the era of layered …

Quantum emitters have become a vital tool for both fundamental science and emerging
technologies. In recent years, the focus in the field has shifted to exploration and …

The field of two-dimensional (2D) materials-based nanophotonics has been growing at a
rapid pace, triggered by the ability to design nanophotonic systems with in situ control …

Strain engineering is an attractive approach for tuning the local optoelectronic properties of
transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). While strain has been shown to affect the …

Twisted van der Waals (vdW) quantum materials have emerged as a rapidly develo** field
of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. These materials establish a new central research …

The ultrafast carrier dynamics of junctions between two chemically identical, but
electronically distinct, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) remains largely unknown …

Controlling and manipulating individual quantum systems in solids underpins the growing
interest in the development of scalable quantum technologies. Recently, hexagonal boron …

Interlayer excitons in transition-metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers combine high binding
energy and valley-contrasting physics with a long optical lifetime and strong dipolar …

A moiré superlattice in transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructure provides an exciting
platform for studying strongly correlated electronics and excitonic physics, such as multiple …

In the decade since the introduction of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures for designer
devices, there has been an abundance of studies on the artificial assembly of vdW …