Strong periodic driving with light offers the potential to coherently manipulate the properties
of quantum materials on ultrafast timescales. Recently, strategies have emerged to …

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have attracted great interest because of their rich
material combinations. The discovery of two-dimensional magnets has provided a new …

Lamellar structures of transition metal phosphorus trisulfides possess strong intralayer
bonding, albeit adjacent layers are held by weak van der Waals interactions. Those …

This work reports structural, optical, and vibrational behaviors, revealing the Néel ordering
transformation of MnPS 3 via temperature-dependent structure and optical measurements …

As a novel chalcogenide photocatalyst, MnPS 3 suffered from limited visible light absorption,
high photogenerated electron-hole recombination, and low hole oxidation capability due to …

Abstract van der Waals materials are exceptionally responsive to external stimuli. Pressure-
induced layer sliding, metallicity, and superconductivity are fascinating examples. Inspired …

Studying ultrafast dynamics provides us with a way to modify materials from the timescale of
particle interaction, and the related research on antiferromagnetic semiconductors is still …

We report a comprehensive Raman scattering study on layered MPS 3 (M= Mn, Fe, Ni), a
two-dimensional magnetic compound with weak van der Waals interlayer coupling. The …

Complex chalcogenides provide an important platform to explore the interplay between
structure, charge, and spin across pressure-induced phase transitions. Where much of the …

This thesis develops multiple optical engineering mechanisms to modulate the electronic,
magnetic, and optical properties of strongly-correlated quantum materials, including polar …