Non-volatile resistive switching, also known as memristor effect, where an electric field
switches the resistance states of a two-terminal device, has emerged as an important …

The behavior of single layer van der Waals (vdW) materials is profoundly influenced by the
immediate atomic environment at their surface, a prime example being the myriad of …

In the presence of multiple bands, well-known electronic instabilities may acquire new
complexity. While multiband superconductivity is the subject of extensive studies, the …

The combination of extremely high stiffness and bending flexibility with tunable electrical
and optical properties makes van der Waals transition metal dichalcogenides appealing …

The outstanding mechanical performances of two-dimensional (2D) materials make them
appealing for the emerging fields of flextronics and straintronics. However, their …

The nearly commensurate charge density wave (CDW) excitations native to the transition-
metal dichalcogenide crystal, 1T-TaS2, under ambient conditions are revealed by scanning …

TiSe 2 is a layered material exhibiting a commensurate (2× 2× 2) charge density wave
(CDW) with a transition temperature of∼ 2 0 0 K. Recently, incommensurate CDW in bulk …

Material-by-design has been a long-standing aspiration that has recently become a reality.
Such designer materials have been repeatedly demonstrated using the top-down approach …

The generation of pseudo-magnetic fields in strained graphene leads to quantized Landau
levels in the absence of an external magnetic field, providing the potential to achieve a zero …

Van der Waals heterostructures are an excellent platform for studying intriguing interface
phenomena, such as moiré and proximity effects. Many of these phenomena occurring in …