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Sefaattin Tongay is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy. In particular, a significant portion of their work focuses on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their research topics include:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Sefaattin Tongay has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Materials

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "The Magnetic Genome of Two-Dimensional van der Waals Materials" (2022, ACS Nano)
  • "Imaging two-dimensional generalized Wigner crystals" (2021, Nature)
  • "Room-Temperature Synthesis of 2D Janus Crystals and their Heterostructures" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Quantum properties and applications of 2D Janus crystals and their superlattices" (2020, Applied Physics Reviews)
  • "Intralayer charge-transfer moiré excitons in van der Waals superlattices" (2022, Nature)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Takashi Taniguchi
  • Kenji Watanabe
  • Mark Blei
  • Renee Sailus
  • Mohammed Sayyad

Best Publications

  • Ultrafast charge transfer in atomically thin MoS2/WS2 heterostructures

    Xiaoping Hong;Jonghwan Kim;Su Fei Shi;Yu Zhang

  • Band offsets and heterostructures of two-dimensional semiconductors

    Jun Kang;Sefaattin Tongay;Jian Zhou;Jingbo Li

  • Thermally driven crossover from indirect toward direct bandgap in 2D Semiconductors: MoSe2 versus MoS2

    Sefaattin Tongay;Jian Zhou;Can Ataca;Kelvin Lo

  • Defects activated photoluminescence in two-dimensional semiconductors: interplay between bound, charged, and free excitons

    Sefaattin Tongay;Joonki Suh;Joonki Suh;Can Ataca;Wen Fan

  • Monolayer behaviour in bulk ReS2 due to electronic and vibrational decoupling

    Sefaattin Tongay;Sefaattin Tongay;Hasan Sahin;Changhyun Ko;Alex Luce

  • High Efficiency Graphene Solar Cells by Chemical Doping

    Xiaochang Miao;Sefaattin Tongay;Maureen K. Petterson;Kara Berke

  • Observation of moiré excitons in WSe2/WS2 heterostructure superlattices.

    Chenhao Jin;Emma C. Regan;Aiming Yan;Aiming Yan;M. Iqbal Bakti Utama

  • Tuning Interlayer Coupling in Large-Area Heterostructures with CVD-Grown MoS2 and WS2 Monolayers

    Sefaattin Tongay;Wen Fan;Wen Fan;Jun Kang;Joonsuk Park

  • Broad-range modulation of light emission in two-dimensional semiconductors by molecular physisorption gating.

    Sefaattin Tongay;Jian Zhou;Can Ataca;Jonathan Liu

  • Doping against the native propensity of MoS2: degenerate hole doping by cation substitution.

    Joonki Suh;Tae Eon Park;Der Yuh Lin;Deyi Fu

  • Observation of Moir'e Excitons in WSe2/WS2 Heterostructure Superlattices

    Chenhao Jin;Emma C. Regan;Aiming Yan;M. Iqbal Bakti Utama

  • Excitonic Linewidth Approaching the Homogeneous Limit in MoS 2 -Based van der Waals Heterostructures

    F. Cadiz;E. Courtade;C. Robert;G. Wang

  • The Magnetic Genome of Two-Dimensional van der Waals Materials

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  • Anomalous Raman spectra and thickness-dependent electronic properties of WSe2

    H. Sahin;S. Tongay;S. Horzum;S. Horzum;W. Fan

  • Exciton radiative lifetime in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers

    Cédric Robert;David Lagarde;Fabian Cadiz;Gang Wang

  • Enhanced Light Emission from Large-Area Monolayer MoS2 Using Plasmonic Nanodisc Arrays

    Serkan Butun;Sefaattin Tongay;Koray Aydin

  • Tuning the optical, magnetic, and electrical properties of ReSe2 by nanoscale strain engineering.

    Shengxue Yang;Cong Wang;Hasan Sahin;Hui Chen

  • Elastic properties of chemical-vapor-deposited monolayer MoS2, WS2, and their bilayer heterostructures.

    Kai Liu;Qimin Yan;Michelle Chen;Wen Fan;Wen Fan

  • Scalable enhancement of graphene oxide properties by thermally driven phase transformation

    Priyank V. Kumar;Neelkanth M. Bardhan;Sefaattin Tongay;Junqiao Wu

  • Anisotropic in-plane thermal conductivity of black phosphorus nanoribbons at temperatures higher than 100 K

    Sangwook Lee;Fan Yang;Joonki Suh;Sijie Yang

  • Excitonic linewidth approaching the homogeneous limit in MoS2 based van der Waals heterostructures : accessing spin-valley dynamics

    F. Cadiz;E. Courtade;C. Robert;G. Wang

  • Optical detection of Mott and generalized Wigner crystal states in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices

    Emma C. Regan;Danqing Wang;Chenhao Jin;M. Iqbal Bakti Utama

Frequent Co-Authors

Junqiao Wu
Junqiao Wu University of California, Berkeley
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Arthur F. Hebard
Arthur F. Hebard University of Florida
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley
Takashi Taniguchi
Takashi Taniguchi National Institute for Materials Science
Bin Chen
Bin Chen Northwestern University
Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley
Jingbo Li
Jingbo Li South China Normal University
Sven Höfling
Sven Höfling University of Würzburg
Kai Liu
Kai Liu Tsinghua University

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