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Publications (17)

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

Acquisition and Analysis of Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Data WSe Monolayer

Randall M. Feenstra, Grayson R. Frazier, Yi Pan +5

Acquisition and analysis is described for scanning tunneling spectroscopy data acquired from a monolayer of WSe grown on epitaxial graphene on SiC. Curve fitting of the data is…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Dilute Rhenium Doping and its Impact on Intrinsic Defects in MoS2

Riccardo Torsi, Kyle T. Munson, Rahul Pendurthi +11

Substitutionally-doped 2D transition metal dichalcogenides are primed for next-generation device applications such as field effect transistors (FET), sensors, and optoelectronic ci…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Experimental signature of layer skyrmions and implications for band topology in twisted WSe2 bilayers

Fan Zhang, Nicolás Morales-Durán, Yanxing Li +13

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) twisted homobilayers have been established as an ideal platform for studying strong correlation phenomena, as exemplified by the recent discov…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Atom identification in bilayer moire materials with Gomb-Net

Austin C. Houston, Sumner B. Harris, Hao Wang +4

Moire patterns in van der Waals bilayer materials complicate the analysis of atomic-resolution images, hindering the atomic-scale insight typically attainable with scanning transmi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Atomically Thin Resonant Tunnel Diodes built from Synthetic van der Waals Heterostructures

Yu-Chuan Lin, Ram Krishna Ghosh, Rafik Addou +10

Vertical integration of two-dimensional van der Waals materials is predicted to lead to novel electronic and optical properties not found in the constituent layers. Here, we presen…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018

Quantum-Confined Electronic States arising from Moiré Pattern of MoS2-WSe2 Hetero-bilayers

Yi Pan, Stefan Fölsch, Yifan Nie +7

A two-dimensional (2D) hetero-bilayer system consisting of MoS2 on WSe2, deposited on epitaxial graphene, is studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at temperatur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Tailoring Amorphous Boron Nitride for High-Performance 2D Electronics

Cindy Y. Chen, Zheng Sun, Riccardo Torsi +8

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have garnered significant attention in recent years due to their atomically thin structure and unique electronic and optoelectronic properties. To ha…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Influence of Rhenium Concentration on Charge Doping and Defect Formation in MoS2

Kyle T. Munson, Riccardo Torsi, Fatimah Habis +8

Substitutionally doped transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the next step towards realizing TMD-based field effect transistors, sensors, and quantum photonic devices. Here,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Charge State-Dependent Symmetry Breaking of Atomic Defects in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Feifei Xiang, Lysander Huberich, Preston A. Vargas +11

The functionality of atomic quantum emitters is intrinsically linked to their host lattice coordination. Structural distortions that spontaneously break the lattice symmetry strong…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Vibration-assisted tunneling through single Au adatoms on two-dimensional WSe2

Hitesh Kumar, Yu-Chuan Lin, Joshua A. Robinson +1

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at 5 K was used to study individual Au atoms adsorbed on the surface of a WSe2 layer grown on epitaxial graphene. In line with theoretical predi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016

Magnetic brightening and control of dark excitons in monolayer WSe2

Xiao-Xiao Zhang, Ting Cao, Zhengguang Lu +9

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) crystals, as direct-gap materials with unusually strong light-matter interaction, have attracted much recent attention. In contrast…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012

Growth of Large-Area and Highly Crystalline MoS2 Thin Layers on Insulating Substrates

Keng-Ku Liu, Wenjing Zhang, Yi-Hsien Lee +9

The two-dimensional layer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has recently attracted much interest due to its direct-gap property and potential applications in optoelectronics and energ…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

Unique excitonic effects in tungsten disulphide monolayers on two-layer graphene

Cristina E. Giusca, Ivan Rungger, Vishal Panchal +8

Light emission in atomically thin heterostructures is known to depend on the type of materials, number and stacking sequence of the constituent layers. Here we show that the thickn…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Flatbands and Mechanical Deformation Effects in the Moiré Superlattice of MoS-WSe Heterobilayers

Dacen Waters, Yifan Nie, Felix Lüpke +11

It has recently been shown that quantum-confined states can appear in epitaxially grown van der Waals material heterobilayers without a rotational misalignment (), asso…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016

Thickness characterization of atomically-thin WSe on epitaxial graphene by low-energy electron reflectivity oscillations

Sergio C. de la Barrera, Yu-Chuan Lin, Sarah M. Eichfeld +4

In this work, low-energy electron microscopy is employed to probe structural as well as electronic information in few-layer WSe on epitaxial graphene on SiC. The emergence of u…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Collective quantum state at the atomic limit

Fan Zhang, Yanxing Li, Chengye Dong +8

Collective quantum states are often associated with extended systems, where spatially extensive degrees of freedom enable emergent many-body behavior; whether such strongly correla…

physics.optics2025

Deep UV Silicon Polaritonic Metasurfaces for Enhancing Biomolecule Autofluorescence and Two-Dimensional Material Double-Resonance Raman Scattering

Bo-Ray Lee, Mao Feng Chiang, Pei Ying Ho +17

High-performance DUV spectroscopy drives advancements in biomedical research, clinical diagnosis, and material science. Existing DUV resonant nanostructures face instability and ph…