Exciton-phonon coupling in the ultraviolet absorption and emission spectra of bulk hexagonal boron nitride

F Paleari, H PC Miranda, A Molina-Sánchez, L Wirtz - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
We present an ab initio method to calculate phonon-assisted absorption and emission
spectra in the presence of strong excitonic effects. We apply the method to bulk hexagonal …

Flat bands and giant light-matter interaction in hexagonal boron nitride

C Elias, G Fugallo, P Valvin, C L'Henoret, J Li… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Dispersionless energy bands in k space are a peculiar property gathering increasing
attention for the emergence of novel electronic, magnetic, and photonic properties. Here, we …

A perspective on the application of spatially resolved ARPES for 2D materials

M Cattelan, NA Fox - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a perspective on the application of Spatially-and Angle-Resolved
PhotoEmission Spectroscopy (ARPES) for the study of two-dimensional (2D) materials is …

Nano‐scale multifunctional logic gate based on graphene/hexagonal boron nitride plasmonic waveguides

MH Rezaei, R Boroumandi, A Zarifkar… - IET …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept and analysis of a nano‐scale multifunctional logic gate based on
graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) plasmonic waveguides at a wavelength of 7.5 µm …

Emergence of interfacial polarons from electron–phonon coupling in graphene/h-BN van der Waals heterostructures

C Chen, J Avila, S Wang, Y Wang… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
van der Waals heterostructures, vertical stacks of layered materials, offer new opportunities
for novel quantum phenomena which are absent in their constituent components. Here we …

Flat electronic bands in long sequences of rhombohedral-stacked graphene

H Henck, J Avila, Z Ben Aziza, D Pierucci, J Baima… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The crystallographic stacking order in multilayer graphene plays an important role in
determining its electronic properties. It has been predicted that a rhombohedral (ABC) …

Core electron binding energies in solids from periodic all-electron Δ-self-consistent-field calculations

JM Kahk, GS Michelitsch, RJ Maurer… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Theoretical calculations of core electron binding energies are required for the interpretation
of experimental X-ray photoelectron spectra, but achieving accurate results for solids has …

[HTML][HTML] Van der Waals epitaxy of two-dimensional single-layer h-BN on graphite by molecular beam epitaxy: Electronic properties and band structure

D Pierucci, J Zribi, H Henck, J Chaste, MG Silly… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the controlled growth of h-BN/graphite by means of molecular beam epitaxy. X-
Ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggests the presence of an interface without any reaction …

Hexagonal BN‐assisted epitaxy of strain released GaN films for true green light‐emitting diodes

F Liu, Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Rong, T Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Epitaxial growth of III‐nitrides on 2D materials enables the realization of flexible
optoelectronic devices for next‐generation wearable applications. Unfortunately, it is difficult …

Boron nitride for excitonics, nano photonics, and quantum technologies

B Gil, G Cassabois, R Cusco, G Fugallo, L Artus - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
We review the recent progress regarding the physics and applications of boron nitride bulk
crystals and its epitaxial layers in various fields. First, we highlight its importance from …