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Finding novel atomically-thin heterostructures and understanding their characteristic properties are critical for developing better nanoscale optoelectronic devices. In this study, we investigate the electronic and optical properties of GaS-Ca(OH)$_2$ heterostructure using first-principle calculations. The band gap of the GaS-Ca(OH)$_2$ heterostructure is significantly reduced when compared with those of the isolated constituent layers. Our calculations show that the GaS-Ca(OH)$_2$ heterostructure is a type-II heterojunction which can be used to separate photoinduced charge carriers where electrons are localized in GaS and holes in the Ca(OH)$_2$ layer. This leads to spatially indirect excitons which are important for solar energy and optoelectronic applications due to their long lifetime. By solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation on top of single shot GW calculation (G$_0$W$_0$) the dielectric function and optical oscillator strength of the constituent monolayers and the heterostructure are obtained. The oscillator strength of the optical transition for GaS monolayer is an order of magnitude larger than Ca(OH)$_2$ monolayer. We also found that the calculated optical spectra of different stacking types of the heterostructure show dissimilarities, although their electronic structures are rather similar. This prediction can be used to determine the stacking type of ultra-thin heterostructures.
Motivated by recent studies that reported the successful synthesis of monolayer Mg(OH)$_{2}$ [Suslu textit{et al.}, Sci. Rep. textbf{6}, 20525 (2016)] and hexagonal (textit{h}-)AlN [Tsipas textit{et al}., Appl. Phys. Lett. textbf{103}, 251605 (2013)], we investigate structural, electronic, and optical properties of vertically stacked $h$-AlN and Mg(OH)$_{2}$, through textit{ab initio} density-functional theory (DFT), many-body quasi-particle calculations within the GW approximation, and the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE). It is obtained that the bilayer heterostructure prefers the $AB^{prime}$ stacking having direct band gap at the $Gamma$ with Type-II band alignment in which the valance band maximum and conduction band minimum originate from different layer. Regarding the optical properties, the imaginary part of the dielectric function of the individual layers and hetero-bilayer are investigated. The hetero-bilayer possesses excitonic peaks which appear only after the construction of the hetero-bilayer. The lowest three exciton peaks are detailedly analyzed by means of band decomposed charge density and the oscillator strength. Furthermore, the wave function calculation shows that the first peak of the hetero-bilayer originates from spatially indirect exciton where the electron and hole localized at $h$-AlN and Mg(OH)$_{2}$, respectively, which is important for the light harvesting applications.
We combined the bond order length strength and bond charge models and the topological concept to obtain the nonbonding, bonding, and antibonding states of the T type WTe$_2$/MoS$_2$ heterostructure.The energy band projection method and electronic information entropy are remarkable approaches for analyzing the electronic properties of various structures based on DFT calculations. This study provides a new way to describe the electronic properties of T type heterostructures and calculate the electron and bonding state probabilities.
Experiments of Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) were performed on Co$% ^{2+}$ substituting Zn$^{2+}$ or Mg$^{2+}$ in powder samples of Zn$_2$(OH)PO$_4$ and Mg$_2$(OH)AsO$_4$. The observed resonances are described with a theoretical model that considers the departures from the two perfect structures. It is shown that the resonance in the penta-coordinated complex is allowed, and the crystal fields that would describe the resonance of the Co$^{2+}$ in the two environments are calculated. The small intensity of the resonance in the penta-coordinated complex is explained assuming that this site is much less populated than the octahedral one; this assumption was verified by a molecular calculation of the energies of the two environments, with both Co and Zn as central ions in Zn$_2$(OH)PO$_4$.
Voltage modulation of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) with compactness, high speed response, energy efficiency and both practical/theoretical siginificances can be widely applied to various YIG based spintronics such as spin Hall, spin pumping, spin Seeback effects. Here we initial an ionic modulation of interfacial magnetism process on YIG/Pt bilayer heterostructures, where the Pt capping would influence the ferromagnetic (FMR) field position significantly, and realize a significant magnetism enhancement in bilayer system. A large voltage induced FMR field shifts of 690 Oe has been achieved in YIG (13 nm)/Pt (3 nm) multilayer heterostructures under a small voltage bias of 4.5 V. The remarkable ME tunability comes from voltage induced extra FM ordering in Pt metal layer near the Pt/YIG interface. The first-principle theoretical simulation reveal that the electrostatic doping induced Pt5+ ions have strong magnetic ordering due to uncompensated d orbit electrons. The large voltage control of FMR change pave a foundation towards novel voltage tunable YIG based spintronics.
Near-field optical microscopy can be used as a viable route to understand the nanoscale material properties below the diffraction limit. On the other hand, atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the materials of recent interest to study the spatial confinement of charge carriers, photon, and phonons. Heterostructures based on Mo or W based monolayer TMDs form type-II band alignment, and hence the optically excited carriers can be easily separated for applications pertaining to photonics and electronics. Mapping these spatially confined carriers or photons in a heterostructure with nanoscale resolution as well as their recombination behavior at the interfaces are necessary for the effective use of these materials in future high performance optoelectronics. We performed tip-enhanced photoluminescence (TEPL) imaging to increase the spatial resolution on multi-junction monolayer MoSe2-WSe2 lateral heterostructures grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. The near-field nano-PL emission map was used to distinguish the presence of distinct crystalline boundaries and the heterogeneities across the interfaces. This method significantly improves the nanoscale resolution of 2D materials, especially for understanding the PL emission properties at the vicinity of hetero-interfaces.