Over the past decade, van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures has offered considerable freedom to integrate various two dimensional (2D) layered materials and proved themselves extremely versatile with unprecedented characteristics, unique functionalities and novel physics. Significant efforts have been ...
As the first in a large family of 2D van der Waals (vdW) materials, graphene has attracted enormous attention owing to its remarkable properties. The recent development of simple experimental techniques for combining graphene with other atomically thin vdW crystals to form heterostructures has enabled...
van der Waals (vdW) materials are composed of weakly bonded two-dimensional (2D) layers that can be easily isolated and re-stacked intoheterostructurescomposed of different2D materials. The vdW heterostructures add an increased range of functionalities to the variety of existing 2D materials, owing ...
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, integrated two-dimensional (2D) materials with various functional materials, provide a distinctive platform for next-generation optoelectronics with unique flexibility and high performance. However, exploring the vdW heterostructures combined with strongly correlated electro...
production makes this a promising technological route for up-scalable films and heterostructures. [Introduction] High-quality van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures are produced by stacking together different two-dimensional (2D) materials1,2. The properties are highly customisable depending on the ...
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have attracted considerable attention in recent years1–5. The most widely used method of fabrication is to stack mechanically exfoliated micrometre-sized flakes6–18, but this process is not
The explosion of two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) with diverse characteristics forms the foundation for van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs). The vdWHs coupled with different stacking alignments of 2DLMs demonstrate a wide range of interesting
tunneling devices based on 2D van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have been extensively studied as potential next-generation devices. 2D materials are thin at the atomic scale and extremely flat without surface dangling bonds. Because of these unique characteristics, 2D vdW heterostructures offer super...
Two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures (2D vdW HSs) can be constructed by stacking different 2D materials together in nearly endless ways, and have significantly enriched the 2D materials family. They have attracted intense research attention effort, due to their exotic physical properties and...
To this end, the non-bonding van der Waals (VDW) heterostructures, where the weak VDW force joins two distinct materials without forming direct chemical bonds, could offer a pathway to overcome such limitations.14,15Free of direct chemical bonding, many different materials may be readily combined...