Noncovalent bonds through sigma and Pi-hole located on the same molecule. guiding principles and comparisons

W Zierkiewicz, M Michalczyk, S Scheiner - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the last years, scientific interest in noncovalent interactions based on the presence of
electron-depleted regions called σ-holes or π-holes has markedly accelerated. Their high …

Crystal growth of quantum materials: a review of selective materials and techniques

N Pistawala, D Rout, K Saurabh, R Bag… - Bulletin of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Availability of quantum materials as sufficiently large and high-quality single crystals holds
the key to understanding their physical properties, which is crucial for making future …

Evidence of high-temperature exciton condensation in a two-dimensional semimetal

Q Gao, Y Chan, Y Wang, H Zhang, P Jinxu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrons and holes can spontaneously form excitons and condense in a semimetal or
semiconductor, as predicted decades ago. This type of Bose condensation can happen at …

Signatures of the exciton gas phase and its condensation in monolayer 1T-ZrTe2

Y Song, C Jia, H Xiong, B Wang, Z Jiang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The excitonic insulator (EI) is a Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of excitons bound by
electron-hole interaction in a solid, which could support high-temperature BEC transition …

[HTML][HTML] First-principles insights into mechanical, optoelectronic, and thermo-physical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides ZrX2 (X= S, Se, and Te)

M Mahamudujjaman, MA Afzal, RS Islam, SH Naqib - AIP Advances, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) belong to technologically important compounds.
We have explored the structural, elastic, bonding, optoelectronic, and some thermo-physical …

Nonlinear optical interactions and relaxation in 2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides probed by optical and photoacoustic Z-scan methods

ME Maldonado, A Das, AM Jawaid, AJ Ritter… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically thin 2D materials, currently being at the forefront of scientific and technological
interest, can be categorized as metallic, semimetallic, semiconducting, insulating, or …

Pressure‐Induced Superconductivity and Topological Quantum Phase Transitions in the Topological Semimetal ZrTe2

S Zhu, J Wu, P Zhu, C Pei, Q Wang, D Jia… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Topological transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have attracted much attention due to
their potential applications in spintronics and quantum computations. In this work, the …

Evolution of the Electronic Properties of ZrX2 (X = S, Se, or Te) Thin Films under Varying Thickness

RAB Villaos, HN Cruzado, JSC Dizon… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Probing the effects of thin-film thickness on transition metal dichalcogenides offer novel
insights into their electronic properties and tunability, which leads to a new avenue of …

Unveiling the properties of transition-metal dichalcogenides: a comprehensive study of WTe2, WSe2, ZrTe2, and NiTe2 in bulk and monolayer forms

Y Fazeli, Z Etesami, Z Nourbakhsh… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
This study conducts a thorough examination of the properties of four transition-metal
dichalcogenides (TMDCs): WTe2, WSe2, ZrTe2, and NiTe2, using first-principles density …

Fermiology of the Dirac type-II semimetal candidates (Ni,Zr) using de Haas–van Alphen oscillations

T Nguyen, N Aryal, BK Pokharel, L Harnagea… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We have investigated the Fermi surface properties of the Dirac type-II semimetal candidates
(Ni, Zr) Te 2 using torque magnetometry with applied fields up to 35 T. Magnetization shows …