Structure modulation of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides: recent advances in methodology, mechanism and applications

Y ** semiconductor devices at ever‐decreasing
scales, strain engineering of 2D materials has recently seen a surge of interest. The goal of …

Strain fields in twisted bilayer graphene

NP Kazmierczak, M Van Winkle, C Ophus… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Van der Waals heteroepitaxy allows deterministic control over lattice mismatch or azimuthal
orientation between atomic layers to produce long-wavelength superlattices. The resulting …

Rotational and dilational reconstruction in transition metal dichalcogenide moiré bilayers

M Van Winkle, IM Craig, S Carr, M Dandu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Lattice reconstruction and corresponding strain accumulation plays a key role in defining the
electronic structure of two-dimensional moiré superlattices, including those of transition …

Locally strained 2D materials: Preparation, properties, and applications

J Wang, L He, Y Zhang, H Nong, S Li, Q Wu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials are promising for strain engineering due to their atomic thickness and
exceptional mechanical properties. In particular, non‐uniform and localized strain can be …

Direct detectors and their applications in electron microscopy for materials science

BDA Levin - Journal of Physics: Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The past decade has seen rapid advances in direct detector technology for electron
microscopy. Direct detectors are now having an impact on a number of techniques in …

Probing functional structures, defects, and interfaces of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides by electron microscopy

R Luo, M Gao, C Wang, J Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit remarkable properties that are
strongly influenced by their atomic structures, as well as by various types of defects and …

Deep learning enabled strain map** of single-atom defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with sub-picometer precision

CH Lee, A Khan, D Luo, TP Santos, C Shi… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer an ideal platform to study the strain fields induced by
individual atomic defects, yet challenges associated with radiation damage have so far …