Research highlights collected from users of the facilities, in-house researchers, and broader impact research all published in top journals.

2DCC User Highlights 2022

Benchmarking monolayer MoS2 and WS2 field-effect transistors
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: To assess the potential of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) for future circuits…
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Elastic stiffening induces one-dimensional phonons in thin Ta2Se3 nanowires
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Confined transport of energy carriers in low-dimensional materials could induce unusual…
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Wafer scalable single-layer amorphous MoO3
Wafer scalable single-layer amorphous molybdenum trioxide
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Molybdenum trioxide (a-MoO3) is a wide bandgap 2D layered oxide (Eg~3 eV) that is of…
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Multidimensional imaging reveals mechanisms controlling multimodal label-free biosensing in vertical 2DM heterostructures
Multidimensional imaging reveals mechanisms controlling multimodal label-free biosensing in vertical 2DM heterostructures
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: A multi-dimensional optical imaging technique that combines scattering  was developed…
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An integrated quantum material testbed with multi-resolution photoemission spectroscopy
An integrated quantum material testbed with multi-resolution photoemission spectroscopy
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) has been established as a powerful…
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Ultrafast optical melting of trimer superstructure in layered 1T′-TaTe2
Ultrafast optical melting of trimer superstructure in layered 1T′-TaTe2
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Quasi-two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides are a key platform for exploring…
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Tunneling Effects in Crossed Ta2Pt3Se8−Ta2Pd3Se8 Nanowire Junctions: Implications for Anisotropic Photodetectors
Tunneling Effects in Crossed Ta2Pt3Se8−Ta2Pd3Se8 Nanowire Junctions: Implications for Anisotropic Photodetectors
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with van der Waals gaps (vdW) have been a…
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Topological Hall Effect in Topological Insulator/Magnetic Insulator Bilayer
Topological Hall Effect in Topological Insulator/Magnetic Insulator Bilayer
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: The topological Hall effect (THE) is a phenomenon that is a consequence of a Berry…
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Remote Epitaxy of 3D functional semiconductors and oxides using Graphene as the Interface layer
Remote Epitaxy of 3D functional semiconductors and oxides using Graphene as the Interface layer
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Remote epitaxy has drawn attention as it offers epitaxy of functional materials that…
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Origins of electronic bands in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4
Origins of electronic bands in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: MnBi2Te4 has been established as the first intrinsic antiferromagnetic (AFM)…
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Orientation domain dispersions in wafer scale epitaxial monolayer WSe2 on sapphire
Orientation domain dispersions in wafer scale epitaxial monolayer WSe2 on sapphire
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Azimuthal reflection high-energy electron diffraction (ARHEED) is demonstrated as a…
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NMR determination of Van Hove singularity and Lifshitz transitions in the nodal-line semimetal ZrSiTe
NMR determination of Van Hove singularity and Lifshitz transitions in the nodal-line semimetal ZrSiTe
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Nodal-line semimetals represent a new topological quantum state, which has attracted…
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Modeling 2D Materials Growth Across Scales: Closing the MGI Loop
Modeling 2D Materials Growth Across Scales: Closing the MGI Loop
2022 User Research Highlights
What Has Been Achieved: Multiscale/multiphysics models that couple continuum fluid mechanics and phase-…
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Light-matter coupling in large-area van der Waals superlattices
Light-matter coupling in large-area van der Waals superlattices
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Two-dimensional (2D) crystals have renewed opportunities in design and assembly of…
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Hexagonal boron nitride crystal growth from iron, a single component flux
Hexagonal boron nitride crystal growth from iron, a single component flux
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: The highest quality hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals are grown from molten…
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Electronic changes in molybdenum dichalcogenides on gold surfaces
Electronic changes in molybdenum dichalcogenides on gold surfaces
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: The electronic properties of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) vary dramatically…
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Bandgap recovery of monolayer MoS2 using defect engineering and chemical doping
Bandgap recovery of monolayer MoS2 using defect engineering and chemical doping
2022 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2 have created avenues for…
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2022 User Research Highlights
Understanding Signatures Of Emergent Magnetism In Topological Insulator/Ferrite Bilayers
2022 User Research Highlights
What Has Been Achieved: This paper reported a comprehensive study of magnetic proximity effect (MPE) in…
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2022 User Research Highlights
Ultrafast Low-Pump Fluence All-Optical Modulation Based On Graphene-Metal Hybrid Metasurfaces
2022 User Research Highlights
What Has Been Achieved: Design and demonstration of an ultrafast optical modulator operating at near-IR…
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2022 User Research Highlights
Interlayer Magnetophononic Coupling In MnBi2Te4
2022 User Research Highlights
What Has Been Achieved: This works demonstrates interlayer magnetophononic coupling in the layered…
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2DCC Broad Impact Highlights 2022