Band-Gap Landscape Engineering in Large-Scale 2D Semiconductor van der Waals Heterostructures

Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Optoelectronics Based on van der Waals Heterostructures

Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and black phosphorous have drawn tremendous attention as an emerging optical material due to their unique and remarkable optical properties. In addition, the ability to create the atomically-controlled van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures enables realizing novel optoelectronic devices that are distinct from con...

Van der Waals engineering of ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructures for spin and valleytronics

The integration of magnetic material with semiconductors has been fertile ground for fundamental science as well as of great practical interest toward the seamless integration of information processing and storage. We create van der Waals heterostructures formed by an ultrathin ferromagnetic semiconductor CrI3 and a monolayer of WSe2. We observe unprecedented control of the spin and valley pseu...

Band gap engineering of a soft inorganic compound PbI2 by incommensurate van der Waals epitaxy

Calculating excitons, plasmons, and quasiparticles in 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials host a rich set of electronic states that differ substantially from those of their bulk counterparts due to quantum confinement and enhanced many-body effects. This Topical Review focuses on the theory and computation of excitons, plasmons and quasiparticle band structures in 2D materials and their heterostructures. The general theory is illustrate...

Calculating excitons, plasmons, and quasiparticles in 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials host a rich set of electronic states that differ substantially from those of their bulk counterparts due to quantum confinement and enhanced many-body effects. This Topical Review focuses on the theory and computation of excitons, plasmons and quasiparticle band structures in 2D materials and their heterostructures. The general theory is illustrate...