Polymorphic 2D materials allow structural and electronic phase engineering, which can be
used to realize energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable device applications. The phase …

Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) is an emerging field that aims to tailor the
physicochemical properties of nanomaterials by precisely manipulating their crystal phases …

A twist angle at a van der Waals junction provides a handle to tune its optoelectronic
properties for a variety of applications, and a comprehensive understanding of how the twist …

The advent of pump-probe spectroscopy techniques paved the way to the exploration of
ultrafast dynamics of electrons and phonons in crystalline solids. Following photo-absorption …

The past few decades have witnessed a notable increase in transition metal dichalcogenide
(TMD) related research not only because of the large family of TMD candidates but also …

Plasmonic MXenes are of particular interest, because of their unique electron and phonon
structures and multiple surface plasmon effects, which are different from traditional …

Through interband photoexcitation, a representative transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)
material, MoTe2, can undergo various phenomena such as photothermal conversion, phase …

The nonequilibrium dynamics during photoinduced insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) in the
excitonic insulator (EI) candidate Ta 2 NiSe 5 have been investigated, which reproduce the …

Nonequilibrium electron–phonon coupling (EPC) serves as a dominant interaction in a
multitude of transient processes, including photoinduced phase transitions, coherent …

Resolving the complete electron scattering dynamics mediated by coherent phonons is
crucial for understanding electron-phonon couplings beyond equilibrium. Here we present a …