Atomic and electronic structure of defects in hBN: enhancing single-defect functionalities

Z Qiu, K Vaklinova, P Huang, M Grzeszczyk… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Defect centers in insulators play a critical role in creating important functionalities in
materials: prototype qubits, single-photon sources, magnetic field probes, and pressure …

Charge state-dependent symmetry breaking of atomic defects in transition metal dichalcogenides

F **ang, L Huberich, PA Vargas, R Torsi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The functionality of atomic quantum emitters is intrinsically linked to their host lattice
coordination. Structural distortions that spontaneously break the lattice symmetry strongly …

Tip-induced creation and Jahn-Teller distortions of sulfur vacancies in single-layer

D Jansen, T Tounsi, J Fischer, AV Krasheninnikov… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We present an atomically precise technique to create sulfur vacancies and control their
atomic configurations in single-layer MoS 2. It involves adsorbed Fe atoms and the tip of a …

Scanning probe spectroscopy of sulfur vacancies and MoS2 monolayers in side-contacted van der Waals heterostructures

K Nisi, JC Thomas, S Levashov, E Mitterreiter… - 2D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the interplay between vertical tunneling and lateral transport phenomena in
electrically contacted van der Waals heterostructures made from monolayer MoS 2, hBN …

Atomic-scale perspective on individual thiol-terminated molecules anchored to single S vacancies in

JR Simon, D Maksimov, C Lotze, P Wiechers… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Sulfur vacancies in MoS 2 on Au (111) have been shown to be negatively charged as
reflected by a Kondo resonance. Here, we use scanning tunneling microscopy to show that …

Layer-Dependent Charge State Lifetime of Single Se Vacancies in WSe

L Bobzien, J Allerbeck, N Krane… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Defect engineering in two-dimensional semiconductors has been exploited to tune the
optoelectronic properties and introduce new quantum states in the band gap. Chalcogen …

Thermodynamic and energetic constraints on out-of-equilibrium tunneling rates

L Tesser, M Acciai, C Spånslätt, I Safi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We study bipartite quantum systems kept at different temperatures where a tunnel coupling
between the two subsystems induces transitions. We find two independent constraints on …