Hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) has emerged as a strong candidate for two‐dimensional
(2D) material owing to its exciting optoelectrical properties combined with mechanical …

Topological semimetals (TSMs) are characterized by bulk band crossings in their electronic
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …

We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

Understanding and controlling disorder is key to nanotechnology and materials science.
Traditionally, disorder is attributed to local fluctuations of inherent material properties such …

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES)—an experimental technique based
on the photoelectric effect—is arguably the most powerful method for probing the electronic …

Abstract 2D monolayers supporting a wide variety of highly confined plasmons, phonon
polaritons, and exciton polaritons can be vertically stacked in van der Waals …

The ability to directly monitor the states of electrons in modern field-effect devices—for
example, imaging local changes in the electrical potential, Fermi level and band structure as …

A key feature of monolayer semiconductors, such as transition-metal dichalcogenides, is the
poorly screened Coulomb potential, which leads to a large exciton binding energy (E b) and …

Understanding the remarkable excitonic effects and controlling the exciton binding energies
in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are crucial in unlocking their full potential for use in …

We investigate the effects of external dielectric screening on the electronic dispersion and
the band gap in the atomically thin, quasi-two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor WS 2 using …