Rapid digital technology advancement has resulted in a tremendous increase in computing
tasks imposing stringent energy efficiency and area efficiency requirements on next …

Since the discovery of liquid-phase-exfoliated black phosphorus (BP) as a field-effect
transistor in 2014, BP, with its 2D layered structure, has attracted significant attention, owing …

Two-dimensional semiconductors can be used to build next-generation electronic devices
with ultrascaled channel lengths. However, semiconductors need to be integrated with high …

Presently Si-based field-effect transistors (FETs) are approaching their physical limit, and
further scaling their gate length down to the sub-10 nm region is becoming extremely …

Since the discovery of mechanically exfoliated graphene in 2004, research on ultrathin two-
dimensional (2D) nanomaterials has grown exponentially in the fields of condensed matter …

Phosphorene, an emerging two-dimensional material, has received considerable attention
due to its layer-controlled direct bandgap, high carrier mobility, negative Poisson's ratio and …

Two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) have been a central focus of materials
research since the discovery of graphene just over a decade ago. Each layer in 2DLMs …

In the quest for higher performance, the dimensions of field-effect transistors (FETs) continue
to decrease. However, the reduction in size of FETs comprising 3D semiconductors is limited …

Graphdiyne (GDY), a newly emerging 2D carbon allotrope, has been widely explored in
various fields owing to its outstanding electronic properties such as the intrinsic bandgap …

Abstract 2D materials are the focus of an intense research effort because of their unique
properties and their potential for revealing intriguing new phenomena. Phosphorene, a …