Time-resolved transmission electron microscopy for nanoscale chemical dynamics

FM Alcorn, PK Jain, RM van der Veen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to image a structure ranging from
millimetres to Ångströms has made it an indispensable component of the toolkit of modern …

From anomalous to normal: temperature dependence of the band gap in two-dimensional black phosphorus

S Huang, F Wang, G Zhang, C Song, Y Lei, Q Xing… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The temperature dependence of the band gap is crucial to a semiconductor. Bulk black
phosphorus is known to exhibit an anomalous behavior. Through optical spectroscopy, here …

Exfoliation of 2D van der Waals crystals in ultrahigh vacuum for interface engineering

Z Sun, X Han, Z Cai, S Yue, D Geng, D Rong, L Zhao… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials and their heterostructures have been intensively
studied in recent years due to their potential applications in electronic, optoelectronic, and …

Light-induced anisotropic morphological dynamics of black phosphorus membranes visualized by dark-field ultrafast electron microscopy

YJ Kim, Y Lee, K Kim, OH Kwon - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Black phosphorus (BP) is an elemental layered material with a strong in-plane anisotropic
structure. This structure is accompanied by anisotropic optical, electrical, thermal, and …

Thickness of elemental and binary single atomic monolayers

P Hess - Nanoscale Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The thickness of monolayers is a fundamental property of two-dimensional (2D) materials
that has not found the necessary attention. It plays a crucial role in their mechanical …

Impact of vacancies on electronic properties of black phosphorus probed by STM

JV Riffle, C Flynn, B St Laurent, CA Ayotte… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Black phosphorus (BP) is receiving significant attention because of its direct 0.4–1.5 eV
layer-dependent bandgap and high mobility. Because BP devices rely on exfoliation from …

Atomic-scale investigation of oxidation at the black phosphorus surface

B St Laurent, D Dey, L Yu, S Hollen - ACS Applied Electronic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Black phosphorus (BP) exhibits extraordinary electronic properties that are desirable for a
wide variety of electronic and optoelectronic applications. However, applications of BP are …

Optical properties of anisotropic excitons in phosphorene

MN Brunetti, OL Berman, RY Kezerashvili - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We study the eigenenergies and optical properties of both direct excitons in a phosphorene
monolayer in different dielectric environments and indirect excitons in heterostructures of …

Anisotropic phonon thermal transport in nitrophosphorene monolayer

A Taheri, CV Singh - Physical Review Materials, 2021 - APS
Recent studies have shown that although black phosphorene (α-P) has promising electrical,
thermal, and mechanical properties, its poor stability in the air makes its applications …

Spectroscopic photoemission and low-energy electron microscopy studies of the surface and electronic structure of two-dimensional materials

W Jin, RM Osgood - Advances in Physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in two-dimensional (2D) materials research have opened up new opportunities in
miniaturization of optoelectronic and spintronic devices at the atomically thin limit. One major …