Flexible electronics have recently gained considerable attention due to their potential to
provide new and innovative solutions to a wide range of challenges in various electronic …

With compact footprint, low energy consumption, high scalability, and mass producibility,
chip‐scale integrated devices are an indispensable part of modern technological change …

Strain engineering is a promising way to tune the electrical, electrochemical, magnetic, and
optical properties of 2D materials, with the potential to achieve high‐performance 2D …

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used as a protective layer for few-atom-thick
crystals and heterostructures (HSs), and it hosts quantum emitters working up to room …

The formation of gas-filled bubbles on the surface of van der Waals crystals provides an
ideal platform whereby the interplay of the elastic parameters and interlayer forces can be …

The exceptional physical properties and unique layered structure of two-dimensional (2D)
materials have made this class of materials great candidates for applications in electronics …

Abstract 2D materials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and transition‐
metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), are intrinsically flexible, can withstand very large strains (> …

Mechanical deformations and ensuing strain are routinely exploited to tune the band gap
energy and to enhance the functionalities of two-dimensional crystals. In this Letter, we show …

Second harmonic generation (SHG) as an essential nonlinear optical effect, has gradually
shifted its research trend toward the integration and miniaturization of photonic and …

Optical quantum technologies promise to revolutionize today's information processing and
sensors. Crucial to many quantum applications are efficient sources of pure single photons …