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most citedDimensionality of excitons in stacked van der Waals materials: The example of hexagonal boron nitride

37 citations · 169 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Electronic structure, band offset, and interface electron population of the LaInO/BaSnO system

G. Hoffmann, A. A. Riaz, C. Kalha +7

Perovskite oxides and their heterostructures exhibit a wide range of functional properties. Among these materials, BaSnO/LaInO heterostructures form high-mobility two-dimen…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Switchable polarization in non-ferroelectric SrTiO

Wahib Aggoune, Matthias Scheffler

Perovskites with tunable and switchable polarization hold immense promise for unlocking novel functionalities. Using density-functional theory, we reveal that intrinsic defects can…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 16 cited

Similarity of materials and data-quality assessment by fingerprinting

Martin Kuban, Šimon Gabaj, Wahib Aggoune +3

Identifying similar materials, i.e., those sharing a certain property or feature, requires interoperable data of high quality. It also requires means to measure similarity. We demo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

How ferroelectric BaTiO can tune a two-dimensional electron gas at the interface of LaInO3 and BaSnO: a first-principles study

Le Fang, Wahib Aggoune, Wei Ren +1

The emerging interest in two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs), formed at interfaces between two insulating oxide perovskites poses crucial fundamental question in view of future…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Two-dimensional electron gas at LaInO/BaSnO interfaces controlled by a ferroelectric layer

Le Fang, Wahib Aggoune, Wei Ren +1

With the example of LaInO/BaSnO, we demonstrate how both density and distribution of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at the interface between these perovskit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 23 cited

A consistent picture of excitations in cubic BaSnO revealed by combining theory and experiment

Wahib Aggoune, Alberto Eljarrat, Dmitrii Nabok +6

Among the transparent conducting oxides, the perovskite barium stannate is most promising for various electronic applications due to its outstanding carrier mobility achieved at ro…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 17 cited

Tuning two-dimensional electron (hole) gases at LaInO/BaSnO interfaces: Impact of polar distortions, termination, and thickness

Wahib Aggoune, Claudia Draxl

Two-dimensional election gases (2DEG), arising due to quantum confinement at interfaces between transparent conducting oxides, have received tremendous attention in view of electro…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 8 cited

Fingerprints of optical absorption in the perovskite LaInO: Insight from many-body theory and experiment

Wahib Aggoune, Klaus Irmscher, Dmitrii Nabok +5

We provide a combined theoretical and experimental study of the electronic structure and the optical absorption edge of the orthorhombic perovskite LaInO. Employing density-f…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 13 cited

The role of the interface in controlling the epitaxial relationship between orthorhombic and cubic

Martina Zupancic, Wahib Aggoune, Toni Markurt +5

Epitaxial perovskite oxide interfaces with different symmetry of the epitaxial layers have attracted considerable attention due to the emergence of novel behaviors and phenomena. I…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 20 cited

Structural, electronic, and optical properties of periodic graphene/h-BN van der Waals heterostructures

Wahib Aggoune, Caterina Cocchi, Dmitrii Nabok +3

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

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 37 cited

Dimensionality of excitons in stacked van der Waals materials: The example of hexagonal boron nitride

Wahib Aggoune, Caterina Cocchi, Dmitrii Nabok +3

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

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 35 cited

Enhanced Light-Matter Interaction in Graphene/h-BN van der Waals Heterostructures

Wahib Aggoune, Caterina Cocchi, Dmitrii Nabok +3

By investigating the optoelectronic properties of prototypical graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) heterostructures, we demonstrate how a nanostructured combination of these ma…