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 …

The advent of graphene and other two-dimensional van der Waals materials, with their
unique electrical, optical, and thermal properties has resulted in tremendous progress for …

Topology, a mathematical concept, has recently become a popular and truly
transdisciplinary topic encompassing condensed matter physics, solid state chemistry, and …

The emerging two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials and their
heterostructures hold great promise for optoelectronics and photonic applications beyond …

The literature data on topological insulators (TIs) based on metal chalcogenides, which
constitute a new unique class of functional materials, are systematized here in the context of …

The complex electronic properties of ZrTe 5 have recently stimulated in-depth investigations
that assigned this material to either a topological insulator or a 3D Dirac semimetal phase …

The design and development of effective luminescent thermal sensors have been driving
technological progress in many different fields ranging from catalysis to biology and …

Recently, two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal carbides and nitrides, namely, MXenes
have attracted a lot of attention for electronic and energy storage applications. Due to a large …

Abstract Bismuth chalcohalides (BiSeI and BiSI), a class of superior light absorbers, have
recently garnered great attention owing to their promise in constructing next‐generation …

Advanced microscopy and/or spectroscopy tools play indispensable roles in nanoscience
and nanotechnology research, as they provide rich information about material processes …