[HTML][HTML] MA2Z4 family heterostructures: Promises and prospects

CC Tho, SD Guo, SJ Liang, WL Ong, CS Lau… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Recent experimental synthesis of ambient-stable MoSi 2 N 4 monolayer has garnered
enormous research interest. The intercalation morphology of MoSi 2 N 4—composed of a …

[HTML][HTML] GPAW: An open Python package for electronic structure calculations

JJ Mortensen, AH Larsen, M Kuisma… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We review the GPAW open-source Python package for electronic structure calculations.
GPAW is based on the projector-augmented wave method and can solve the self-consistent …

Polar materials for photocatalytic applications: A critical review

X Liu, Y Zhang, C Wang, L Shen - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The critical challenges of the energy crisis and environmental degradation promote
innovative approaches for energy conversion. Semiconductor‐based photocatalytic …

High-throughput computational stacking reveals emergent properties in natural van der Waals bilayers

S Pakdel, A Rasmussen, A Taghizadeh… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Stacking of two-dimensional (2D) materials has emerged as a facile strategy for realising
exotic quantum states of matter and engineering electronic properties. Yet, developments …

Toward sustainable ultrawide bandgap van der Waals materials: An ab initio screening effort

CW Tan, L Xu, CC Er, SP Chai… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable development of next‐generation device technology is paramount in the face
of climate change and the looming energy crisis. Tremendous effort is made in the discovery …

Ferroelectrovalley in two-dimensional multiferroic lattices

J Zhao, Y Feng, Y Dai, B Huang, Y Ma - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Engineering the valley index is essential and highly sought for valley physics, but currently, it
is exclusively based on the paradigm of the challenging ferrovalley with spin-orientation …

Observation of Anisotropic Second Harmonic Generation in Two-Dimensional Niobium Diselenide

K Younus, Y Zhou, M Zhu, D Xu, X Guo… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The intrinsic anisotropy of NbSe2 provides a favorable prerequisite of second harmonic
generation (SHG) and rich possibilities for tailoring its nonlinear optical (NLO) properties …

Switching it up: New mechanisms revealed in wurtzite-type ferroelectrics

CW Lee, K Yazawa, A Zakutayev, GL Brennecka… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Wurtzite-type ferroelectrics have drawn increasing attention due to the promise of better
performance and integration than traditional oxide ferroelectrics with semiconductors such …

Emerging materials and design principles for wurtzite-type ferroelectrics

CW Lee, NU Din, K Yazawa, GL Brennecka… - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Low-energy compute-in-memory architectures promise to reduce the energy demand for
computation and data storage. Wurtzite-type ferroelectrics are promising options for both …

Candidate ferroelectrics via ab initio high-throughput screening of polar materials

F Ricci, SE Reyes-Lillo, SA Mack… - npj Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroelectrics are a class of polar and switchable functional materials with diverse
applications, from microelectronics to energy conversion. Computational searches for new …