Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric and ferrovalley materials have recently received
extensive attention due to their significant advantages for modern electronic devices, such …

Realizing and manipulating valley polarization is extremely important to valleytronics.
Ferrovalley materials with spontaneous valley polarization are excellent candidates for this …

To overcome the volatility and high-power dissipation in conventional control approaches in
spin-dependent devices, such as spin memory devices, there is an urgent need to realize …

The effect of curvature on the band alignment of one-dimensional (1D) van der Waals (vdW)
transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) heterostructures is studied by comprehensive first …

Recent research has shown that monolayer black phosphorus (BP) can be metallic while
sustaining spontaneous polarization. Using density-functional calculations and mean-field …

A new generation of quantum material derived from intercalating zerovalent atoms such as
Cu into the intrinsic van der Waals gap at the interface of atomically thin two-dimensional …

The strain engineering tunable electronic properties of two-dimensional γ-GeSe were
systemically investigated by using density-functional calculations. Results indicate the …

A WSe2 monolayer shows many interesting properties due to its spin–orbit coupling induced
spin splitting in bands around the Fermi level and the spin–valley configuration. The …

The mechanical strain has been widely exploited as an effective knob to induce various
intriguing phenomena in two-dimensional materials, notably the emergence of …

Nanotubes have established a new paradigm in nanoscience because of their atomically
thin geometries and intriguing properties. However, because of their typical metastability …