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Self-assembled titanium-based macrostructures with hierarchical (macro-, micro-, and nano) porosities: A fundamental study (2024)
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Wadge, M. D., Agyakwa, P. A., Felfel, R. M., Homer, R., Cooper, T. P., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., …Grant, D. M. (2024). Self-assembled titanium-based macrostructures with hierarchical (macro-, micro-, and nano) porosities: A fundamental study. Materials and Design, 240, Article 112835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112835

This study details the novel self-assembly of sodium titanate converted Ti-based microspheres into hierarchical porous 3D constructs, with macro-, micro-, and nanoporosity, for the first time. Ti6Al4V microspheres were suspended into 5 M NaOH (60 °C/... Read More about Self-assembled titanium-based macrostructures with hierarchical (macro-, micro-, and nano) porosities: A fundamental study.

Direct Measurements of Anisotropic Thermal Transport in γ-InSe Nanolayers via Cross-Sectional Scanning Thermal Microscopy (2023)
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Gonzalez-Munoz, S., Agarwal, K., Castanon, E. G., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Kovalyuk, Z. D., Spièce, J., …Kolosov, O. V. (2023). Direct Measurements of Anisotropic Thermal Transport in γ-InSe Nanolayers via Cross-Sectional Scanning Thermal Microscopy. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(17), Article 2300081. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300081

Van der Waals (vdW) atomically thin materials and their heterostructures offer a versatile platform for the management of nanoscale heat transport and the design of novel thermoelectrics. These require the measurement of highly anisotropic heat trans... Read More about Direct Measurements of Anisotropic Thermal Transport in γ-InSe Nanolayers via Cross-Sectional Scanning Thermal Microscopy.

Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons (2023)
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Cull, W. J., Skowron, S. T., Hayter, R., Stoppiello, C. T., Rance, G. A., Biskupek, J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons. ACS Nano, 17(6), 6062-6072. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c00670

Indium selenides (InxSey) have been shown to retain several desirable properties, such as ferroelectricity, tunable photoluminescence through temperature-controlled phase changes, and high electron mobility when confined to two dimensions (2D). In th... Read More about Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons.

Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties (2023)
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Gosling, J., Morozov, S. V., Vdovin, E. E., Greenaway, M. T., Khanin, Y. N., Kudrynskyi, Z., …Makarovsky, O. (2023). Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties. Nanotechnology, 34(12), Article 125702. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aca981

We use phenomenological modelling and detailed experimental studies of charge carrier transport to investigate the dependence of the electrical resistivity,ρ, on gate voltage,Vg, for a series of monolayer graphene field effect transistors with mobili... Read More about Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties.

Electron Transport in n-Type InSe van der Waals Crystals with Co Impurities (2022)
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Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Mintyanskii, I. V., Savitskii, P. I., & Kovalyuk, Z. D. (2022). Electron Transport in n-Type InSe van der Waals Crystals with Co Impurities. Applied Sciences, 12(19), Article 9932. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199932

Intercalation and doping are promising routes to tune properties of van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors and pave the way for their applications in digital electronics beyond Moore’s law, sensors and spintronics. The indium selenide (InSe) vdW crystal... Read More about Electron Transport in n-Type InSe van der Waals Crystals with Co Impurities.

Van der Waals interfaces in multilayer junctions for ultraviolet photodetection (2022)
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Xie, S., Shiffa, M., Shiffa, M., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Makarovskiy, O., Kovalyuk, Z. D., …Patanè, A. (2022). Van der Waals interfaces in multilayer junctions for ultraviolet photodetection. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 6(1), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-022-00338-0

Developments in semiconductor science have led to the miniaturization and improvement of light detection technologies for many applications. However, traditional pn-junctions or three-dimensional device geometries for detection of ultraviolet (UV) li... Read More about Van der Waals interfaces in multilayer junctions for ultraviolet photodetection.

Hydrogen-Induced Conversion of SnS2 into SnS or Sn: A Route to Create SnS2/SnS Heterostructures (2022)
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Patanè, A., Felton, J., Blundo, E., Kudrynskyi, Z., Ling, S., Bradford, J., …Patane, A. (2022). Hydrogen-Induced Conversion of SnS2 into SnS or Sn: A Route to Create SnS2/SnS Heterostructures. Small, 18(33), Article 2202661. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202202661

The family of van der Waals (vdW) materials is large and diverse with applications ranging from electronics and optoelectronics to catalysis and chemical storage. However, despite intensive research, there remains significant knowledge-gaps pertainin... Read More about Hydrogen-Induced Conversion of SnS2 into SnS or Sn: A Route to Create SnS2/SnS Heterostructures.

Memristive effects due to charge transfer in graphene gated through ferroelectric CuInP2S6 (2022)
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Dey, A., Yan, W., Balakrishnan, N., Xie, S., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Makarovskiy, O., …Patanè, A. (2022). Memristive effects due to charge transfer in graphene gated through ferroelectric CuInP2S6. 2D Materials, 9(3), Article 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ac6191

Ferroelectricity at the nanometre scale can drive the miniaturisation and wide application of ferroelectric devices for memory and sensing applications. The two-dimensional van der Waals (2D-vdWs) ferroelectrics CuInP2S6 (CIPS) has attracted much att... Read More about Memristive effects due to charge transfer in graphene gated through ferroelectric CuInP2S6.

Terahertz control of photoluminescence emission in few-layer InSe (2022)
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Venanzi, T., Selig, M., Pashkin, A., Winnerl, S., Katzer, M., Arora, H., …Schneider, H. (2022). Terahertz control of photoluminescence emission in few-layer InSe. Applied Physics Letters, 120(9), Article 092104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080784

A promising route for the development of opto-electronic technology is to use terahertz radiation to modulate the optical properties of semiconductors. Here, we demonstrate the dynamical control of photoluminescence (PL) emission in few-layer InSe us... Read More about Terahertz control of photoluminescence emission in few-layer InSe.

Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion (2022)
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Wadge, M. D., Carrington, M. J., Constantin, H., Orange, K., Greaves, J., Islam, M. T., …Grant, D. M. (2022). Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion. Materials Characterization, 185, Article 111760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111760

The authors present novel insights into the formation of nanoporous, wet-chemically produced sodium titanate films onto microspherical substrates of varying composition. Microspheres of Ti6Al4V (atomised; ca. 20–50 μm), which were utilised due to the... Read More about Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion.

High-Performance Phototransistors by Alumina Encapsulation of a 2D Semiconductor with Self-Aligned Contacts (2022)
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Liang, G., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Kovalyuk, Z., Patanè, A., …Song, A. (2022). High-Performance Phototransistors by Alumina Encapsulation of a 2D Semiconductor with Self-Aligned Contacts. Advanced Electronic Materials, 8(5), Article 2100954. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100954

2D semiconductors are promising candidates for next generation electronics and optoelectronics. However, their exposure to air and/or resists during device fabrication can cause considerable degradation of material quality, hindering their study and... Read More about High-Performance Phototransistors by Alumina Encapsulation of a 2D Semiconductor with Self-Aligned Contacts.

Large Tunneling Magnetoresistance in van der Waals Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Heterojunctions (2021)
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Zhu, W., Lin, H., Yan, F., Hu, C., Wang, Z., Zhao, L., …Wang, K. (2021). Large Tunneling Magnetoresistance in van der Waals Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Heterojunctions. Advanced Materials, 33(51), Article 2104658. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202104658

2D layered chalcogenide semiconductors have been proposed as a promising class of materials for low-dimensional electronic, optoelectronic, and spintronic devices. Here, all-2D van der Waals vertical spin-valve devices, that combine the 2D layered se... Read More about Large Tunneling Magnetoresistance in van der Waals Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Heterojunctions.

Tunable spin-orbit coupling in two-dimensional InSe (2021)
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Ceferino, A., Magorrian, S. J., Zólyomi, V., Bandurin, D. A., Geim, A. K., Patanè, A., …Fal'Ko, V. I. (2021). Tunable spin-orbit coupling in two-dimensional InSe. Physical Review B, 104(12), Article 125432. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.125432

We demonstrate that spin-orbit coupling (SOC) strength for electrons near the conduction band edge in few-layer γ-InSe films can be tuned over a wide range. This tunability is the result of a competition between film-thickness-dependent intrinsic and... Read More about Tunable spin-orbit coupling in two-dimensional InSe.

Ferroelectric semiconductor junctions based on graphene/In2Se3/graphene van der Waals heterostructures (2021)
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Xie, S., Dey, A., Yan, W., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Balakrishnan, N., Makarovskiy, O., …Patanè, A. (2021). Ferroelectric semiconductor junctions based on graphene/In2Se3/graphene van der Waals heterostructures. 2D Materials, 8(4), Article 045020. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ac1ada

The miniaturization of ferroelectric devices offers prospects for non-volatile memories, low-power electrical switches and emerging technologies beyond existing Si-based integrated circuits. An emerging class of ferroelectrics is based on van der Waa... Read More about Ferroelectric semiconductor junctions based on graphene/In2Se3/graphene van der Waals heterostructures.

Heavy carrier effective masses in van der Waals semiconductor Sn(SeS) revealed by high magnetic fields up to 150 T (2021)
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Yang, Z., Wang, X., Felton, J., Kudrynskyi, Z., Gen, M., Nomura, T., …Patanè, A. (2021). Heavy carrier effective masses in van der Waals semiconductor Sn(SeS) revealed by high magnetic fields up to 150 T. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 104(8), Article 085206. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.085206

The SnSe2(1-x)S2x alloy is a van der Waals semiconductor with versatile, tunable electronic properties and prospects for future applications ranging from electronics to thermoelectrics and superconductivity. Its band structure and carrier effective m... Read More about Heavy carrier effective masses in van der Waals semiconductor Sn(SeS) revealed by high magnetic fields up to 150 T.

Charge Carrier Transport in Van Der Waals Semiconductor InSe Intercalated with RbNO3 Probed by Direct Current Methods (2021)
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Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Mintyanskii, I. V., Savitskii, P. I., & Kovalyuk, Z. D. (2021). Charge Carrier Transport in Van Der Waals Semiconductor InSe Intercalated with RbNO3 Probed by Direct Current Methods. Applied Sciences, 11(11), Article 5181. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115181

Layered van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors show great promise to overcome limitations imposed by traditional semiconductor materials. The synergistic combination of vdW semiconductors with other functional materials can offer novel working principles... Read More about Charge Carrier Transport in Van Der Waals Semiconductor InSe Intercalated with RbNO3 Probed by Direct Current Methods.

Resonance and antiresonance in Raman scattering in GaSe and InSe crystals (2021)
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Osiekowicz, M., Staszczuk, D., Olkowska-Pucko, K., Kipczak, Ł., Grzeszczyk, M., Zinkiewicz, M., …Molas, M. R. (2021). Resonance and antiresonance in Raman scattering in GaSe and InSe crystals. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 924. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79411-x

The temperature effect on the Raman scattering efficiency is investigated in ?-GaSe and ?-InSe crystals. We found that varying the temperature over a broad range from 5 to 350 K permits to achieve both the resonant conditions and the antiresonance be... Read More about Resonance and antiresonance in Raman scattering in GaSe and InSe crystals.

Anomalous Low Thermal Conductivity of Atomically Thin InSe Probed by Scanning Thermal Microscopy (2021)
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Buckley, D., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Balakrishnan, N., Vincent, T., Mazumder, D., Castanon, E., …Patanè, A. (2021). Anomalous Low Thermal Conductivity of Atomically Thin InSe Probed by Scanning Thermal Microscopy. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(11), Article 2008967. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202008967

The ability of a material to conduct heat influences many physical phenomena, ranging from thermal management in nanoscale devices to thermoelectrics. Van der Waals two dimensional (2D) materials offer a versatile platform to tailor heat transfer due... Read More about Anomalous Low Thermal Conductivity of Atomically Thin InSe Probed by Scanning Thermal Microscopy.

Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices (2020)
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Wang, F., Gosling, J. H., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Makarovsky, O., Cottam, N. D., …Turyanska, L. (2021). Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(5), Article 2007478. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007478

© 2020 The Authors. Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH 2D materials have unique structural and electronic properties with potential for transformative device applications. However, such devices are usually bespoke structures ma... Read More about Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices.

Enhanced Optical Emission from 2D InSe Bent onto Si?Pillars (2020)
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Mazumder, D., Xie, J., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Wang, X., Makarovsky, O., Bhuiyan, M. A., …Patanè, A. (2020). Enhanced Optical Emission from 2D InSe Bent onto Si‐Pillars. Advanced Optical Materials, 8(18), Article 2000828. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202000828

Controlling the propagation and intensity of an optical signal is central to several technologies ranging from quantum communication to signal processing. These require a versatile class of functional materials with tailored electronic and optical pr... Read More about Enhanced Optical Emission from 2D InSe Bent onto Si?Pillars.

The Interaction of Hydrogen with the van der Waals Crystal ?-InSe (2020)
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Felton, J., Blundo, E., Ling, S., Glover, J., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Makarovsky, O., …Patané, A. (2020). The Interaction of Hydrogen with the van der Waals Crystal γ-InSe. Molecules, 25(11), Article 2526. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25112526

The emergence of the hydrogen economy requires development in the storage, generation and sensing of hydrogen. The indium selenide (?-InSe) van der Waals (vdW) crystal shows promise for technologies in all three of these areas. For these applications... Read More about The Interaction of Hydrogen with the van der Waals Crystal ?-InSe.

Photoluminescence dynamics in few-layer InSe (2020)
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Venanzi, T., Arora, H., Winnerl, S., Pashkin, A., Chava, P., Patane, A., …Schneider, H. (2020). Photoluminescence dynamics in few-layer InSe. Physical Review Materials, 4(4), Article 044001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.044001

We study the optical properties of thin flakes of InSe encapsulated in hBN. More specifically, we investigate the photoluminescence (PL) emission and its dependence on sample thickness and temperature. Through the analysis of the PL lineshape, we dis... Read More about Photoluminescence dynamics in few-layer InSe.

Interlayer Band-to-Band Tunneling and Negative Differential Resistance in van der Waals BP/InSe Field-Effect Transistors (2020)
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Lv, Q., Yan, F., Mori, N., Zhu, W., Hu, C., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., …Wang, K. (2020). Interlayer Band-to-Band Tunneling and Negative Differential Resistance in van der Waals BP/InSe Field-Effect Transistors. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(15), Article 1910713. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201910713

© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Atomically thin layers of van der Waals (vdW) crystals offer an ideal material platform to realize tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) that exploit the tunneling of charge carriers across the fo... Read More about Interlayer Band-to-Band Tunneling and Negative Differential Resistance in van der Waals BP/InSe Field-Effect Transistors.

Design of van der Waals interfaces for broad-spectrum optoelectronics (2020)
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Ubrig, N., Ponomarev, E., Zultak, J., Domaretskiy, D., Zólyomi, V., Terry, D., …Morpurgo, A. F. (2020). Design of van der Waals interfaces for broad-spectrum optoelectronics. Nature Materials, 19, 299-304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0601-3

Van der Waals (vdW) interfaces based on 2D materials are promising for optoelectronics, as interlayer transitions between different compounds allow tailoring of the spectral response over a broad range. However, issues such as lattice mismatch or a s... Read More about Design of van der Waals interfaces for broad-spectrum optoelectronics.

Resonant tunnelling into the two-dimensional subbands of InSe layers (2020)
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Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Kerfoot, J., Mazumder, D., Greenaway, M. T., Vdovin, E. E., Makarovsky, O., …Patanè, A. (2020). Resonant tunnelling into the two-dimensional subbands of InSe layers. Communications Physics, 3, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-020-0290-x

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals have attracted considerable interest for digital electronics beyond Si-based complementary metal oxide semiconductor technologies. Despite the transformative success of Si-based devices, there are lim... Read More about Resonant tunnelling into the two-dimensional subbands of InSe layers.

Van der Waals SnSe2(1-x)S2x alloys: composition-dependent bowing coefficient and electron-phonon interaction (2020)
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Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Wang, X., Sutcliffe, J., Bhuiyan, M. A., Fu, Y., Yang, Z., …Patanè, A. (2020). Van der Waals SnSe2(1-x)S2x alloys: composition-dependent bowing coefficient and electron-phonon interaction. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(9), Article 1908092. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201908092

The design of advanced functional materials with customized properties often requires the use of an alloy. This approach has been used for decades, but only recently to create van der Waals (vdW) alloys for applications in electronics, optoelectronic... Read More about Van der Waals SnSe2(1-x)S2x alloys: composition-dependent bowing coefficient and electron-phonon interaction.

Defect-assisted high photoconductive UV-VIS gain in perovskite-decorated graphene transistors (2019)
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Cottam, N. D., Zhang, C., Turyanska, L., Eaves, L., Kudrynskyi, Z., Vdovin, E. E., …Makarovsky, O. (2020). Defect-assisted high photoconductive UV-VIS gain in perovskite-decorated graphene transistors. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2, 147-154. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.9b00664

Recent progress in the synthesis of high stability inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has led to their increasing use in broadband photodetectors. These NCs are of particular interest for the UV range as they have the potential to extend the wav... Read More about Defect-assisted high photoconductive UV-VIS gain in perovskite-decorated graphene transistors.

High-Frequency Elastic Coupling at the Interface of van der Waals Nanolayers Imaged by Picosecond Ultrasonics (2019)
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Greener, J. D., de Lima Savi, E., Akimov, A. V., Raetz, S., Kudrynskyi, Z., Kovalyuk, Z. D., …Gusev, V. E. (2019). High-Frequency Elastic Coupling at the Interface of van der Waals Nanolayers Imaged by Picosecond Ultrasonics. ACS Nano, 13(10), 11530-11537. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b05052

Although the topography of van de Waals (vdW) layers and heterostructures can be imaged by scanning probe microscopy, high-frequency interface elastic properties are more difficult to assess. These can influence the stability, reliability and perform... Read More about High-Frequency Elastic Coupling at the Interface of van der Waals Nanolayers Imaged by Picosecond Ultrasonics.

Two-Dimensional Covalent Crystals by Chemical Conversion of Thin van der Waals Materials (2019)
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Sreepal, V., Yagmurcukardes, M., Vasu, K. S., Kelly, D. J., Taylor, S. F. R., Kravets, V. G., …Nair, R. R. (2019). Two-Dimensional Covalent Crystals by Chemical Conversion of Thin van der Waals Materials. Nano Letters, 19(9), 6475-6481. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02700

Most of the studied two-dimensional (2D) materials have been obtained by exfoliation of van der Waals crystals. Recently, there has been growing interest in fabricating synthetic 2D crystals which have no layered bulk analogues. These efforts have be... Read More about Two-Dimensional Covalent Crystals by Chemical Conversion of Thin van der Waals Materials.

Formation and healing of defects in atomically thin GaSe and InSe (2019)
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Hopkinson, D. G., Zólyomi, V., Rooney, A. P., Clark, N., Terry, D. J., Hamer, M., …Haigh, S. J. (2019). Formation and healing of defects in atomically thin GaSe and InSe. ACS Nano, 13(5), 5112-5123. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b08253

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Two dimensional III-VI metal monochalcogenide materials, such as GaSe and InSe, are attracting considerable attention due to their promising electronic and optoelectronic properties. Here, an investigation of point a... Read More about Formation and healing of defects in atomically thin GaSe and InSe.

Photo-quantum Hall effect and light-induced charge transfer at the interface of graphene/InSe heterostructures (2018)
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Bhuiyan, M. A., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Mazumder, D., Greener, J. D., Makarovsky, O., Mellor, C. J., …Patanè, A. (2019). Photo-quantum Hall effect and light-induced charge transfer at the interface of graphene/InSe heterostructures. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(3), Article 1805491. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201805491

The transfer of electronic charge across the interface of two van der Waals crystals can underpin the operation of a new class of functional devices. Amongst van der Waals semiconductors, an exciting and rapidly growing development involves the “post... Read More about Photo-quantum Hall effect and light-induced charge transfer at the interface of graphene/InSe heterostructures.

Coherent acoustic phonons in van der Waals nanolayers and heterostructures (2018)
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Greener, J. D., Akimov, A. V., Gusev, V., Kudrynskyi, Z., Beton, P. H., Kovalyuk, Z. D., …Patanè, A. (2018). Coherent acoustic phonons in van der Waals nanolayers and heterostructures. Physical Review B, 98(7), Article 075408. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.075408

Terahertz (THz) and sub-THz coherent acoustic phonons have been successfully used as probes of various quantum systems. Since their wavelength is in the nanometer range, they can probe nanostructures buried below a surface with nanometer resolution a... Read More about Coherent acoustic phonons in van der Waals nanolayers and heterostructures.

Magnetotransport and lateral confinement in an InSe van der Waals heterostructure (2018)
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Lee, Y., Pisoni, R., Overweg, H., Eich, M., Rickhaus, P., Patane, A., …Ensslin, K. (2018). Magnetotransport and lateral confinement in an InSe van der Waals heterostructure. 2D Materials, 5(3), Article 035040. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aacb49

In the last six years, Indium selenide (InSe) has appeared as a new van der Waals heterostructure platform which has been extensively studied due to its unique electronic and optical properties. Such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), the c... Read More about Magnetotransport and lateral confinement in an InSe van der Waals heterostructure.

Improved performance of InSe field-effect transistors by channel encapsulation (2018)
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Liang, G., Wang, Y., Han, L., Yang, Z., Xin, Q., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., …Song, A. (2018). Improved performance of InSe field-effect transistors by channel encapsulation. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 33(6), Article 06LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/aab62b

Due to the high electron mobility and photo-responsivity, InSe is considered as an excellent candidate for next generation electronics and optoelectronics. In particular, in contrast to many high-mobility two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as phosp... Read More about Improved performance of InSe field-effect transistors by channel encapsulation.

Gate-Defined Quantum Confinement in InSe-Based van der Waals Heterostructures (2018)
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Hamer, M. J., Tovari, E., Zhu, M., Thompson, M., Mayorov, A., Prance, J., …Gorbachev, R. (2018). Gate-Defined Quantum Confinement in InSe-Based van der Waals Heterostructures. Nano Letters, 18(6), 3950-3955. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01376

© Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. Indium selenide, a post-transition metal chalcogenide, is a novel two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor with interesting electronic properties. Its tunable band gap and high electron mobility have already attr... Read More about Gate-Defined Quantum Confinement in InSe-Based van der Waals Heterostructures.

Epitaxial growth of γ-InSe and α, β, and γ-In2Se3 on ε-GaSe (2018)
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Balakrishnan, N., Steer, E. D., Smith, E. F., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Kovalyuk, Z. D., Eaves, L., …Beton, P. H. (2018). Epitaxial growth of γ-InSe and α, β, and γ-In2Se3 on ε-GaSe. 2D Materials, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aac479

We demonstrate that γ-InSe and the α, β and γ phases of In2Se3 can be grown epitaxially on ε-GaSe substrates using a physical vapour transport method. By exploiting the temperature gradient within the tube furnace, we can grow selectively different p... Read More about Epitaxial growth of γ-InSe and α, β, and γ-In2Se3 on ε-GaSe.

Room temperature uniaxial magnetic anisotropy induced by Fe-islands in the InSe semiconductor van der Waals crystal (2018)
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Moro, F., Bhuiyan, M. A., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Puttock, R., Kazakova, O., Makarovsky, O., …Patanè, A. (2018). Room temperature uniaxial magnetic anisotropy induced by Fe-islands in the InSe semiconductor van der Waals crystal. Advanced Science, 5(7), Article 1800257. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201800257

The controlled manipulation of the spin and charge of electrons in a semiconductor has the potential to create new routes to digital electronics beyond Moore’s law, spintronics, and quantum detection and imaging for sensing applications. These techno... Read More about Room temperature uniaxial magnetic anisotropy induced by Fe-islands in the InSe semiconductor van der Waals crystal.

Giant Quantum Hall Plateau in Graphene Coupled to an InSe van der Waals Crystal (2017)
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Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Bhuiyan, M. A., Makarovsky, O., Greener, J. D., Vdovin, E. E., Kovalyuk, Z. D., …Patanè, A. (2017). Giant Quantum Hall Plateau in Graphene Coupled to an InSe van der Waals Crystal. Physical Review Letters, 119(15), Article 157701. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.157701

© 2017 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. We report on a "giant" quantum Hall effect plateau in a graphene-based field-effect transistor where graphene is capped by a layer of the van der Waals crystal InSe. The giant quantum Hall e... Read More about Giant Quantum Hall Plateau in Graphene Coupled to an InSe van der Waals Crystal.

Engineering p-n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation (2017)
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Balakrishnan, N., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Smith, E. F., Fay, M. W., Makarovsky, O., Kovalyuk, Z. D., …Patanè, A. (2017). Engineering p-n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation. 2D Materials, 4(2), Article 025043. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa61e0

Exploitation of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals can be hindered by the deterioration of the crystal surface over time due to oxidation. On the other hand, the existence of a stable oxide at room temperature can offer prospects for s... Read More about Engineering p-n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation.

The direct-to-indirect band gap crossover in two-dimensional van der Waals Indium Selenide crystals (2016)
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Mudd, G., Molas, M., Chen, X., Zólyomi, V., Nogajewski, K., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., …Patanè, A. (2016). The direct-to-indirect band gap crossover in two-dimensional van der Waals Indium Selenide crystals. Scientific Reports, 6(1), Article 39619. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39619

The electronic band structure of van der Waals (vdW) layered crystals has properties that depend on the composition, thickness and stacking of the component layers. Here we use density functional theory and high field magneto-optics to investigate th... Read More about The direct-to-indirect band gap crossover in two-dimensional van der Waals Indium Selenide crystals.

Highly-mismatched InAs/InSe heterojunction diodes (2016)
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Velichko, A., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Di Paola, D., Makarovsky, O., Kesaria, M., Krier, A., …Patanè, A. (in press). Highly-mismatched InAs/InSe heterojunction diodes. Applied Physics Letters, 109(18), Article 182115. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967381

We report on heterojunction diodes prepared by exfoliation and direct mechanical transfer of a p-type InSe thin film onto an n-type InAs epilayer. We show that despite the different crystal structures and large lattice mismatch (34%) of the component... Read More about Highly-mismatched InAs/InSe heterojunction diodes.

Quantum confinement and photoresponsivity of ?-In2Se3 nanosheets grown by physical vapour transport (2016)
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Balakrishnan, N., Staddon, C. R., Smith, E. F., Stec, J., Gay, D., Mudd, G. W., …Beton, P. H. (in press). Quantum confinement and photoresponsivity of β-In2Se3 nanosheets grown by physical vapour transport. 2D Materials, 3(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/3/2/025030

We demonstrate that β-In2Se3 layers with thickness ranging from 2.8 – 100 nm can be grown on SiO2/Si, mica and graphite using a physical vapour transport method. The β-In2Se3 layers are chemically stable at room temperature and exhibit a blue-shift o... Read More about Quantum confinement and photoresponsivity of ?-In2Se3 nanosheets grown by physical vapour transport.

Nanomechanical probing of the layer/substrate interface of an exfoliated InSe sheet on sapphire (2016)
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Beardsley, R., Akimov, A. V., Greener, J. D., Mudd, G. W., Sandeep, S., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., …Kent, A. J. (2016). Nanomechanical probing of the layer/substrate interface of an exfoliated InSe sheet on sapphire. Scientific Reports, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26970

Van der Waals (vdW) layered crystals and heterostructures have attracted substantial interest for potential applications in a wide range of emerging technologies. An important, but often overlooked, consideration in the development of implementable d... Read More about Nanomechanical probing of the layer/substrate interface of an exfoliated InSe sheet on sapphire.

Room Temperature Electroluminescence from Mechanically Formed van der Waals III-VI Homojunctions and Heterojunctions (2014)
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Balakrishnan, N., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Fay, M. W., Mudd, G. W., Svatek, S. A., Makarovsky, O., …Patanè, A. (2014). Room Temperature Electroluminescence from Mechanically Formed van der Waals III-VI Homojunctions and Heterojunctions. Advanced Optical Materials, 2(11), 1064-1069. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201400202

Room temperature electroluminescence from semiconductor junctions is demonstrated. The junctions are fabricated by the exfoliation and direct mechanical adhesion of InSe and GaSe van der Waals layered crystals. Homojunction diodes formed from layers... Read More about Room Temperature Electroluminescence from Mechanically Formed van der Waals III-VI Homojunctions and Heterojunctions.