After the first unequivocal demonstration of spin transport in graphene [Tombros et al.,
Nature (London) 448, 571–574 (2007)], surprisingly at room temperature, it was quickly …

One of the fascinating properties of the new families of two-dimensional crystals is their high
stretchability and the possibility to use external strain to manipulate, in a controlled manner …

It is vital to develop an effective energy storage system for storing energy sources,
particularly renewable energy sources, which have grown substantially in the preceding …

We presentk p· Hamiltonians parametrized byab initiodensity functional theory calculations
to describe the dispersion of the valence and conduction bands at their extrema (theK, Q, Γ …

While liquid exfoliation is a powerful technique to produce defect-free nanosheets in large
quantities, its usefulness is limited by broad nanosheet thickness distributions and low …

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising low-dimensional
materials which can produce diverse electronic properties and band alignment in van der …

Nonlinear optical processes, such as harmonic generation, are of great interest for various
applications, eg, microscopy, therapy, and frequency conversion. However, high-order …

The analysis of the electronic properties of strained or lattice deformed graphene combines
ideas from classical condensed matter physics, soft matter, and geometrical aspects of …

We present an accurate ab initio tight-binding Hamiltonian for the transition metal
dichalcogenides, MoS 2, MoSe 2, WS 2, WSe 2, with a minimal basis (the d orbitals for the …

Strain engineering has emerged as a powerful tool to modify the optical and electronic
properties of two-dimensional crystals. Here we perform a systematic study of strained …