Computational design and property predictions for two-dimensional nanostructures

R Xu, X Zou, B Liu, HM Cheng - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent success in isolating and growing various two-dimensional (2D) materials with
intriguing properties has pushed forward the search for new 2D nanostructures with novel …

Valleytronics in two-dimensional materials with line defect

H Tian, C Ren, S Wang - Nanotechnology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of valley originates from two degenerate but nonequivalent energy bands at the
local minimum in the conduction band or local maximum in the valence band. Manipulating …

Bismuth oxychalcogenides: a new class of ferroelectric/ferroelastic materials with ultra high mobility

M Wu, XC Zeng - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically thin Bi2O2Se has been recently synthesized, and it possesses ultrahigh mobility
(Nat. Nanotechnol. 2017, 12, 530; Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 3021). Herein, we show first …

Magnetic switches via electric field in BN nanoribbons

L Liu, X Ren, J Xie, B Cheng, W Liu, T An, H Qin… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
The realization of strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling for efficiently controlling of
magnetism is urgently needed but still a significant challenge. Based on first-principle …

Ferroelectricity, antiferroelectricity, and ultrathin 2D electron/hole gas in multifunctional monolayer MXene

A Chandrasekaran, A Mishra, AK Singh - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
The presence of ferroelectric polarization in 2D materials is extremely rare due to the effect
of the surface depolarizing field. Here, we use first-principles calculations to show the largest …

Ultrafast Internal Exciton Dissociation through Edge States in MoS2 Nanosheets with Diffusion Blocking

X Sui, H Wang, C Liang, Q Zhang, H Bo, K Wu… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Edge states of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are crucial to
quantum circuits and optoelectronics. However, their dynamics are pivotal but remain …

Ferroelectricity in covalently functionalized two-dimensional materials: integration of high-mobility semiconductors and nonvolatile memory

M Wu, S Dong, K Yao, J Liu, XC Zeng - Nano letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Realization of ferroelectric semiconductors by conjoining ferroelectricity with semiconductors
remains a challenging task because most present-day ferroelectric materials are unsuitable …

Emergence of one-dimensional wires of free carriers in transition-metal-dichalcogenide nanostructures

M Gibertini, N Marzari - Nano letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
We highlight the emergence of metallic states in two-dimensional transition-metal-
dichalcogenide nanostructures nanoribbons, islands, and inversion domain boundaries …

Spin- and valley-polarized transport across line defects in monolayer

A Pulkin, OV Yazyev - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We address the ballistic transmission of charge carriers across ordered line defects in
monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Our study reveals the presence of a transport …

Exploring the dynamics of hourglass shaped lattice metastructures

V Gupta, S Adhikari, B Bhattacharya - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Continuous demand for the improvement of mechanical performance of engineering
structures pushes the need for metastructures to fulfil multiple functions. Extensive work on …