Bandgap engineering of two-dimensional semiconductor materials

A Chaves, JG Azadani, H Alsalman… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2020 - nature.com
Semiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing,
communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace …

Van der Waals heterostructures

A Castellanos-Gomez, X Duan, Z Fei… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The integration of dissimilar materials into heterostructures has become a powerful tool for
engineering interfaces and electronic structure. The advent of 2D materials has provided …

All-dielectric metamaterials

S Jahani, Z Jacob - Nature nanotechnology, 2016 - nature.com
The ideal material for nanophotonic applications will have a large refractive index at optical
frequencies, respond to both the electric and magnetic fields of light, support large optical …

High-power portable terahertz laser systems

A Khalatpour, AK Paulsen, C Deimert… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Terahertz (THz) frequencies remain among the least utilized in the electromagnetic
spectrum, largely due to the lack of powerful and compact sources. The invention of THz …

Alternative plasmonic materials: beyond gold and silver

GV Naik, VM Shalaev, A Boltasseva - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Materials research plays a vital role in transforming breakthrough scientific ideas into next‐
generation technology. Similar to the way silicon revolutionized the microelectronics …

Prospects of colloidal nanocrystals for electronic and optoelectronic applications

DV Talapin, JS Lee, MV Kovalenko… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals (NCs) discussed in this Review are tiny crystals of metals, semiconductors,
and magnetic material consisting of hundreds to a few thousand atoms each. Their size …

Cutting-edge terahertz technology

M Tonouchi - Nature photonics, 2007 - nature.com
Research into terahertz technology is now receiving increasing attention around the world,
and devices exploiting this waveband are set to become increasingly important in a very …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale thermal transport. II. 2003–2012

DG Cahill, PV Braun, G Chen, DR Clarke… - Applied physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A diverse spectrum of technology drivers such as improved thermal barriers, higher
efficiency thermoelectric energy conversion, phase-change memory, heat-assisted magnetic …

Electrically pumped topological laser with valley edge modes

Y Zeng, U Chattopadhyay, B Zhu, B Qiang, J Li, Y **… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Quantum cascade lasers are compact, electrically pumped light sources in the
technologically important mid-infrared and terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum …

A progress review on solid‐state LiDAR and nanophotonics‐based LiDAR sensors

N Li, CP Ho, J Xue, LW Lim, G Chen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors enable precision sensing of an object in 3D.
LiDAR technology is widely used in metrology, environment monitoring, archaeology, and …