Exciting electronic characteristics emerge when scientists stack 2D materials on top of each other and give the top layer a ...

Single crystals exhibit highly ordered atomic arrangements that underpin unique electronic structures and optical properties, rendering them indispensable in both fundamental research and advanced ...

What is Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)? Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is a powerful experimental technique used to study the electronic structure of materials.

A research team led by Prof. ZENG Changgan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. SHENG Junyuan from Wuhan ...

Bandgap refers to a region of an element’s crystal’s electronic band structure through which electrons can’t pass. Also referred to as an energy gap, bandgap is a concept in solid-state physics and ...

Phononic crystals are artificially engineered materials that consist of periodic structures designed to control and manipulate the propagation of phonons, which are quasiparticles representing the ...