Publications

Publications

Before the foundation of the department:

A degenerate trion liquid in atomic double layers
P. X. Nguyen, R. Chaturvedi, L. Ma, P. Knuppel, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
(2023)
Perfect Coulomb drag in a dipolar excitonic insulator
P. X. Nguyen, L. Ma, R. Chaturvedi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
(2023)
Superconductivity in twisted bilayer WSe2
Y. Xia, Z. Han, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature (2025)
Excitons and polaritons in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: a tutorial
E. Paik, L. Zhang, K. F. Mak, J. Shan, H. Deng
Advances in Optics and Photonics 16 (4), 1064–1132 (2024)
Double Quantum Spin Hall Phase in Moiré WSe2
K. Kang, Y. Qiu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nano Letters 24 (46), 14901–14907 (2024)
The fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect
L. Ju, A. H. MacDonald, K. F. Mak, J. Shan, X. Xu
Nature Reviews Materials 9 (7), 455–459 (2024)
Evidence of the fractional quantum spin Hall effect in moiré MoTe2
K. Kang, B. Shen, Y. Qiu, Y. Zeng, Z. Xia, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature 628 (8008), 522–526 (2024)
Observation of spin polarons in a frustrated moiré Hubbard system
Z. Tao, W. Zhao, B. Shen, T. Li, P. Knüppel, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Physics 20 (5), 783–787 (2024)
Optical readout of the chemical potential of two-dimensional electrons
Z. Xia, Y. Zeng, B. Shen, R. Dery, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Photonics 18 (4), 344–349 (2024)
Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice
W. Zhao, K. Kang, Y. Zhang, P. Knüppel, Z. Tao, L. Li, C. L. Tschirhart, E. Redekop, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. F. Young, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Physics 20 (2), 275–280 (2024)
Thermodynamic evidence of fractional Chern insulator in moiré MoTe2
Y. Zeng, Z. Xia, K. Kang, J. Zhu, P. Knüppel, C. Vaswani, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature 622 (7981), 69–73 (2023)
Gate-tunable heavy fermions in a moiré Kondo lattice
W. Zhao, B. Shen, Z. Tao, Z. Han, K. Kang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature 616 (7955), 61–65 (2023)
A tunable bilayer Hubbard model in twisted WSe2
Y. Xu, K. Kang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Nanotechnology 17 (9), 934–939 (2022)
Semiconductor moiré materials
K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Nanotechnology 17 (7), 686–695 (2022)
Dipolar excitonic insulator in a moiré lattice
J. Gu, L. Ma, S. Liu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. C. Hone, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Physics 18 (4), 395–400 (2022)
Reproducibility in the fabrication and physics of moiré materials
C. N. Lau, M. W. Bockrath, K. F. Mak, F. Zhang
Nature 602 (7895), 41–50 (2022)
Coexisting ferromagnetic–antiferromagnetic state in twisted bilayer CrI3
Y. Xu, A. Ray, Y.-T. Shao, S. Jiang, K. Lee, D. Weber, J. E. Goldberger, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. A. Muller, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Nanotechnology 17 (2), 143–147 (2022)
Quantum anomalous Hall effect from intertwined moiré bands
T. Li, S. Jiang, B. Shen, Y. Zhang, L. Li, Z. Tao, T. Devakul, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Fu, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature 600 (7890), 641–646 (2021)
Strongly correlated excitonic insulator in atomic double layers
L. Ma, P. X. Nguyen, Z. Wang, Y. Zeng, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. H. MacDonald, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature 598 (7882), 585–589 (2021)
Continuous Mott transition in semiconductor moiré superlattices
T. Li, S. Jiang, L. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Kang, J. Zhu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Chowdhury, L. Fu, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature 597 (7876), 350–354 (2021)
Stripe phases in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices
C. Jin, Z. Tao, T. Li, Y. Xu, Y. Tang, J. Zhu, S. Liu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. C. Hone, L. Fu, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Materials 20 (7), 940–944 (2021)
Creation of moiré bands in a monolayer semiconductor by spatially periodic dielectric screening
Y. Xu, C. Horn, J. Zhu, Y. Tang, L. Ma, L. Li, S. Liu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. C. Hone, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Materials 20 (5), 645–649 (2021)
The marvels of moiré materials
E. Y. Andrei, D. K. Efetov, P. Jarillo-Herrero, A. H. MacDonald, K. F. Mak, T. Senthil, E. Tutuc, A. Yazdani, A. F. Young
Nature Reviews Materials 6 (3), 201–206 (2021)
Exchange magnetostriction in two-dimensional antiferromagnets
S. Jiang, H. Xie, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Materials 19 (12), 1295–1299 (2020)
Imaging and control of critical fluctuations in two-dimensional magnets
C. Jin, Z. Tao, K. Kang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Materials 19 (12), 1290–1294 (2020)
Correlated insulating states at fractional fillings of moiré superlattices
Y. Xu, S. Liu, D. A. Rhodes, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Hone, V. Elser, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature 587 (7833), 214–218 (2020)
Gate-tunable spin waves in antiferromagnetic atomic bilayers
X.-X. Zhang, L. Li, D. Weber, J. Goldberger, K. F. Mak, . Shan
Nature Materials 19 (8), 838–842 (2020)
Simulation of Hubbard model physics in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices
Y. Tang, L. Li, T. Li, Y. Xu, S. Liu, K. Barmak, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. H. MacDonald, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature 579 (7799), 353–358 (2020)
Probing and controlling magnetic states in 2D layered magnetic materials
K. F. Mak, J. Shan, D. C. Ralph
Nature Reviews Physics 1 (11), 646–661 (2019)
Evidence of high-temperature exciton condensation in two-dimensional atomic double layers
Z. Wang, D. A. Rhodes, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. C. Hone, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature 574 (7776), 76–80 (2019)
Nonlinear anomalous Hall effect in few-layer WTe2
K. Kang, T. Li, E. Sohn, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Materials 18 (4), 324–328 (2019)
Light–valley interactions in 2D semiconductors
K. F. Mak, D. Xiao, J. Shan
Nature Photonics 12 (8), 451–460 (2018)
Controlling magnetism in 2D CrI3 by electrostatic doping
S. Jiang, L. Li, Z. Wang, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Nanotechnology 13 (7), 549–553 (2018)
An unusual continuous paramagnetic-limited superconducting phase transition in 2D NbSe2
E. Sohn, X. Xi, W.-Y. He, S. Jiang, Z. Wang, K. Kang, J.-H. Park, H. Berger, L. Forró, K. T. Law, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Materials 17 (6), 504–508 (2018)
Electric-field switching of two-dimensional van der Waals magnets
S. Jiang, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Materials 17 (5), 406–410 (2018)
Electrical Tuning of Interlayer Exciton Gases in WSe2 Bilayers
Z. Wang, Y.-H. Chiu, K. Honz, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nano Letters 18 (1), 137–143 (2018)
Valley- and spin-polarized Landau levels in monolayer WSe2
Z. Wang, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Nanotechnology 12 (2), 144–149 (2017)
Gate Tuning of Electronic Phase Transitions in Two-Dimensional NbSe2
X. Xi, H. Berger, L. Forró, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Physical Review Letters 117 (10), 106801 (2016)
Photonics and optoelectronics of 2D semiconductor transition metal dichalcogenides
K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Photonics 10 (4), 216–226 (2016)
Electrical control of the valley Hall effect in bilayer MoS2 transistors
J. Lee, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Nature Nanotechnology 11 (5), 421–425 (2016)
Ising pairing in superconducting NbSe2 atomic layers
X. Xi, Z. Wang, W. Zhao, J.-H. Park, K. T. Law, H. Berger, L. Forró, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Physics 12 (2), 139–143 (2016)
Strongly enhanced charge-density-wave order in monolayer NbSe2
X. Xi, L. Zhao, Z. Wang, H. Berger, L. Forró, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
Nature Nanotechnology 10 (9), 765–769 (2015)
Tightly Bound Excitons in Monolayer WSe2
K. He, N. Kumar, L. Zhao, Z. Wang, K. F. Mak, H. Zhao, J. Shan
Physical Review Letters 113 (2), 026803 (2014)
The valley Hall effect in MoS2 transistors
K. F. Mak, K. L. McGill, J. Park, P. L. McEuen
Science 344 (6191), 1489–1492 (2014)
Tightly bound trions in monolayer MoS2
K. F. Mak, K. He, C. Lee, G. H. Lee, J. Hone, T. F. Heinz, J. Shan
Nature Materials 12 (3), 207–211 (2013)
Control of valley polarization in monolayer MoS2 by optical helicity
K. F. Mak, K. He, J. Shan, T. F. Heinz
Nature Nanotechnology 7 (8), 494–498 (2012)
Carrier dynamics in semiconductors studied with time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
R. Ulbricht, E. Hendry, J. Shan, T. F. Heinz, M. Bonn
Reviews of Modern Physics 83 (2), 543–586 (2011)
Atomically Thin MoS2: A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor
K. F. Mak, C. Lee, J. Hone, J. Shan, T. F. Heinz
Physical Review Letters 105 (13), 136805 (2010)
Measurement of the Optical Conductivity of Graphene
K. F. Mak, M. Y. Sfeir, Y. Wu, C. H. Lui, J. A. Misewich, T. F. Heinz
Physical Review Letters 101 (19), 196405 (2008)
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