The growing need for miniaturization in semiconductor devices has led to an increasing
interest in layered van der Waals (vdW) materials, which offer intriguing physics, atomically …

This book summarizes the current status of theoretical and experimental progress in 2
dimensional graphene-like monolayers and few-layers of transition metal dichalcogenides …

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) monolayers have been considered as important
two-dimensional semiconductor materials for the study of fundamental physics in the field of …

The electronic and optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional materials have been
extensively explored in graphene and layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) …

This theoretical Perspective reviews spin–orbit coupling (SOC), including the Rashba effect
and Dresselhaus effect, in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. We first introduce the …

Spin–orbit interaction gives rise to a splitting of surface states via the Rashba effect, and in
topological insulators it leads to the existence of topological surface states. The resulting …

Two-dimensional (2D) Janus transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)(MXY, M= Mo, W; X,
Y= S, Se, Te; X≠ Y) have desirable energy gaps and high stability in ambient conditions …

Recent studies have demonstrated the feasibility of synthesizing two-dimensional (2D)
Janus materials which possess intrinsic structural asymmetry. Hence, we performed a …

The search for new two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with strong spin-orbit coupling,
merging Rashba effect with valley physics, is essential for advancing the emerging fields of …

In this paper, based on first principles calculations, we propose functionalization of group-III
monochalcogenides with halogen atoms to form Janus MXY (M= Al, Ga, In; X= Se, Te; Y= Br …