Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are 2D semiconductors with tightly
bound excitons and correspondingly strong light–matter interactions. Owing to the weak van …

Semiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing,
communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace …

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
generally possess a type-II band alignment that facilitates the formation of interlayer excitons …

From theoretical model to experimental realization, the bound state in the continuum (BIC) is
an emerging area of research interest in the last decade. In the initial years, well-established …

In this brief review, we summarize and elaborate on some of the nomenclature of polaritonic
phenomena and systems as they appear in the literature on quantum materials and …

Metastable phase two-dimensional catalysts provide great flexibility for modifying their
chemical, physical, and electronic properties. However, the synthesis of ultrathin metastable …

Atomically thin materials such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) exhibit remarkable physical properties resulting from their reduced dimensionality …

Abstract 2D layered materials (2DLMs) are a subject of intense research for a wide variety of
applications (eg, electronics, photonics, and optoelectronics) due to their unique physical …

Structural symmetry-breaking plays a crucial role in determining the electronic band
structures of two-dimensional materials. Tremendous efforts have been devoted to breaking …

Van der Waals heterostructures are synthetic quantum materials composed of stacks of
atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) layers. Because the electrons in the atomically thin 2D …