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 …

Abstract 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides comprise an emerging class of
materials with distinct properties, including large exciton binding energies that reach …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have attracted
considerable attention in recent years,,,–. The most widely used method of fabrication is to …

Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) logic circuits at their ultimate scaling
limits place extreme demands on the properties of all materials involved. The requirements …

For more than seven decades, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has been employed as an
inert, thermally stable engineering ceramic; since 2010, it has also been used as the optimal …

Material integration strategies, such as epitaxial growth, usually involve strong chemical
bonds and are typically limited to materials with strict structure matching and processing …

Two-dimensional heterostructures (2D HSs) have emerged as a new class of materials
where dissimilar 2D materials are combined to synergise their advantages and alleviate …

Triggered by the growing needs of develo** semiconductor devices at ever‐decreasing
scales, strain engineering of 2D materials has recently seen a surge of interest. The goal of …

In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as
MoS 2, MoTe 2, WS 2, etc., have gained significant interest in sensing applications …

When two-dimensional crystals are brought into close proximity, their interaction results in
reconstruction of electronic spectrum and crystal structure. Such reconstruction strongly …