The discovery of graphene has prompted interest in other two-dimensional materials, especially borophene, which is a single layer of boron atoms that forms a variety of crystal shapes. Borophene, the lightest member of the ...

The semiconductor-metal interface is universal for any electron device. Two-dimensional semiconductors have the advantages of free dangling bonds and atomically flat surfaces, making them promising materials to substitute ...

Low-dimensional systems are an exciting platform for exploring new physics and realizing novel devices. The intriguing features, such as the existence of strongly bound multiparticle complexes and thickness-dependent band ...

Excitons are quasiparticles formed due to electrostatic attraction between the electrons and the holes in a semiconductor. This Coulomb attraction is very strong in the mono- layers of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ...

The feasibility of isolation of layered materials and arbitrary stacking of different materials provide plenty of opportunities to realize van der Waals heterostructures (vdWhs) with desired characteristics. In this thesis, ...

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted extensive research interest since the journey started with the successful isolation of graphene in 2004. 2D materials have shown remarkable advancement in the ...

There has been a giant leap in technological advancement with the introduction of graphene and its remarkable properties after 2005. Since the inception of graphene, the new class of materials called 2D materials are ...

Two-dimensional materials are now being considered as viable options for CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) technology extension due to their diverse electronic and opto-electronic properties. However, introduction ...