Stabilizing the Inverted Phase of a WSe₂/BLG/WSe₂ Heterostructure via Hydrostatic Pressure

Bilayer graphene (BLG) was recently shown to host a band-inverted phase with unconventional topology emerging from the Ising-type spin-orbit interaction (SOI) induced by the proximity of transition metal dichalcogenides with large intrinsic SOI. Here, we report the stabilization of this band-inverted phase in BLG symmetrically encapsulated in...

Mesoscopic transport in 2D materials and heterostructures

This thesis presents an experimental work on electronic transport in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals systems. The variety of the physics of the chapters reflects the exploratory character of the Ph.D. study and demonstrates the versatility and the unique properties of some of the members of the vast group of van der Waals materials. In the...

Weak localization in boron nitride encapsulated bilayer MoS2

We present measurements of weak localization on hexagonal boron nitride encapsulated bilayer MoS2. From the analysis we obtain information regarding the phase coherence and the spin diffusion of the electrons. We find that the encapsulation with boron nitride provides higher mobilities in the samples, and the phase coherence shows improvement...