ABSTRACT The two-dimensional (2D) magnet, a long-standing missing member in the
family of 2D functional materials, is promising for nextgeneration information technology …

Atomic defects, being the most prevalent zero-dimensional topological defects, are
ubiquitous in a wide range of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). They could be …

While the discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnets opens the door for fundamental
physics and next-generation spintronics, it is technically challenging to achieve the room …

Ultrathin van der Waals materials and their heterostructures offer a simple, yet powerful
platform for discovering emergent phenomena and implementing device structures in the …

Two-dimensional (2D) material research is rapidly evolving to broaden the spectrum of
emergent 2D systems. Here, we review recent advances in the theory, synthesis …

The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

By virtue of their complete spin polarization at the Fermi level, two-dimensional (2D)
magnetic half-metallic materials are emerging as one of the latest wonder building blocks for …

Advances in research of magnetic two-dimensional van der Waals (2D vdW) materials have
opened up new opportunities in miniaturization of spintronic devices at the atomically thin …

Among van der Waals layered ferromagnets, monolayer vanadium diselenide (VSe2) stands
out due to its robust ferromagnetism. However, the exfoliation of monolayer VSe2 is …

Although many emerging new phenomena have been unraveled in two dimensional (2D)
materials with long-range spin orderings, the usually low critical temperature in van der …