van der Waals heterostructures, vertical stacks of layered materials, offer new opportunities
for novel quantum phenomena which are absent in their constituent components. Here we …

Heterostructures obtained by combining two-dimensional (2D) sheets are widely
investigated as a platform for designing new materials with customised characteristics …

The structural and electronic properties of stanene/hexagonal boron nitride (Sn/h-BN)
heterobilayer with different stacking patterns are studied using first principle calculations …

In a first-principles study based on density functional theory and many-body perturbation
theory, we investigate the electronic properties and the optical excitations of ZrS 2 and HfS 2 …

Atomically thin vertically stacked 2D vdW heterostructures have recently emerged as a new
kind of device with intriguing novel phenomena for both academic and industrial interests …

With the example of hexagonal boron nitride, we demonstrate how the character of electron-
hole (eh) pairs in van der Waals bound low-dimensional systems is driven by layer stacking …

The emerging interest in van der Waals heterostructures as new materials for
optoelectronics and photonics poses questions about their stability and structure-property …

We present a comprehensive first-principles investigation of the electronic and optical
properties of CsK 2 Sb, a semiconducting material for ultra-bright electron sources for …

In the search for novel materials for vacuum electron sources, multi-alkali antimonides and
in particular sodium-potassium-antimonides have been recently regarded as especially …

The planar charge transfer is a distinctive characteristic of the two-dimensional (2D) polar
materials. When such 2D polar materials are involved in vertical heterostructures (VHs), in …