Conspectus In this Account, we describe the challenges and promising applications of
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging and spectroscopy at cryogenic …

Conspectus The rich physics permeating the phase diagrams of quantum materials have
commanded the attention of the solid-state chemistry, materials science, and condensed …

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) films exhibit rich phases and superstructures,
which can be controlled by the growth conditions as well as post‐growth annealing …

The spontaneous formation of electronic orders is a crucial element for understanding
complex quantum states and engineering heterostructures in 2D materials. A novel 19 19× …

Nitric oxide electroreduction reaction (NOER) is one of the most attractive routes for
ammonia synthesis and NOx‐related pollutant treatment. However, current research on …

Ultrafast optical switching of materials properties promises future technological applications,
enabled by fundamental insights about microscopic couplings and nonequilibrium …

Reducing dimensionality can induce profound modifications to the physical properties of a
system. In two-dimensional TaS 2 and TaSe 2, the charge-density wave phase accompanies …

Polymorphic phases and collective phenomena—such as charge density waves (CDWs)—
in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) dictate the physical and electronic properties of …

The formations of charge and lattice orders are generally coupled in charge density wave
(CDW) materials and share identical order wave vectors. Although this situation is usually …

Tantalum ditelluride (TaTe 2) belongs to the family of layered transition metal
dichalcogenides but exhibits a unique structural phase transition at around 170 K that …