Quantum chemical bonding descriptors have recently been utilized to design materials with
tailored properties. Their usage to facilitate a quantitative description of bonding in …

Phase change memory (PCM) is a rapidly growing technology that not only offers
advancements in storage-class memories but also enables in-memory data processing to …

Metavalent bonding (MVB) is characterized by the competition between electron
delocalization as in metallic bonding and electron localization as in covalent or ionic …

Numerous intrinsic Ge vacancies in thermoelectric GeTe not only lead to overhigh carrier
concentration but also seriously deteriorate carrier mobility, which shackles its …

Two-dimensional semiconductors with a layered structure are now among the most
extensively studied materials. The unique structural form of 2D layered semiconductors …

A number of chalcogenides show a remarkable portfolio of properties, which enables a
plethora of applications including thermoelectric power generation and phase change …

Abstract 2D GaSe is a semiconductor belonging to the group of post‐transition metal
chalcogenides with great potential for advanced optoelectronic applications. The weak …

Lattice defects are typically used to tailor the thermoelectric properties of materials. It is
desirable that such defects improve the electrical conductivity, while, at the same time …

Scaling effects in Sesqui‐chalcogenides are of major interest to understand and optimize
their performance in heavily scaled applications, including topological insulators and phase …

High pressure X-ray diffraction, Raman scattering, and electrical measurements, together
with theoretical calculations, which include the analysis of the topological electron density …