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ReviewLight, science & applications2021

Interlayer exciton formation, relaxation, and transport in TMD van der Waals heterostructures.

Ying Jiang, Shula Chen, Weihao Zheng, Biyuan Zheng, Anlian Pan

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Review in Light, science & applications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ying JiangKey Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Shula ChenKey Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Weihao ZhengKey Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Biyuan ZhengKey Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Anlian PanKey Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China. anlian.pan@hnu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51525202National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52072117National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61905071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) generally possess a type-II band alignment that facilitates the formation of interlayer excitons between constituent monolayers. Manipulation of the interlayer excitons in TMD vdW heterostructures holds great promise for the development of excitonic integrated circuits that serve as the counterpart of electronic integrated circuits, which allows the photons and excitons to transform into each other and thus bridges optical communication and signal processing at the integrated circuit. As a consequence, numerous studies have been carried out to obtain deep insight into the physical properties of interlayer excitons, including revealing their ultrafast formation, long population recombination lifetimes, and intriguing spin-valley dynamics. These outstanding properties ensure interlayer excitons with good transport characteristics, and may pave the way for their potential applications in efficient excitonic devices based on TMD vdW heterostructures. At present, a systematic and comprehensive overview of interlayer exciton formation, relaxation, transport, and potential applications is still lacking. In this review, we give a comprehensive description and discussion of these frontier topics for interlayer excitons in TMD vdW heterostructures to provide valuable guidance for researchers in this field.

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PMID33811214
PMCPMC8018964

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