Andras Kis
@andraskis.bsky.social
Professor at EPFL, https://lanes.epfl.ch
Handle from the other network: @andras_ks
ORCID: 0000-0002-3426-7702
Handle from the other network: @andras_ks
ORCID: 0000-0002-3426-7702
Honored and grateful to be named on the @clarivateag.bsky.social #HighlyCited2025list. Big thank you to students, postdocs and collaborators as well as everybody who cited our papers and supported our work!
Today we announce the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list—celebrating 6,868 individuals from over 1,300 institutions across 60 countries. #HighlyCited2025
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November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Honored and grateful to be named on the @clarivateag.bsky.social #HighlyCited2025list. Big thank you to students, postdocs and collaborators as well as everybody who cited our papers and supported our work!
We have published a new paper in @natnano.nature.com by @EdoardoLopriore @FedeleTagarelli et al. We have integrated vdW heterostructures hosting interlayer excitons with a monolithic Fabry–Perot cavity. @EPFLEngineering @materials-epfl.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have published a new paper in @natnano.nature.com by @EdoardoLopriore @FedeleTagarelli et al. We have integrated vdW heterostructures hosting interlayer excitons with a monolithic Fabry–Perot cavity. @EPFLEngineering @materials-epfl.bsky.social
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New paper online:
Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect.
#OpticalMaterials
#2DMaterials
#ExcitonicDevices
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Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect.
#OpticalMaterials
#2DMaterials
#ExcitonicDevices
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect - Nature Nanotechnology
This work advances excitonic optoelectronics by demonstrating electrically tunable cavity coupling of interlayer excitons in a van der Waals heterobilayer. Through electrostatic control, a 5-fold incr...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New paper online:
Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect.
#OpticalMaterials
#2DMaterials
#ExcitonicDevices
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect.
#OpticalMaterials
#2DMaterials
#ExcitonicDevices
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🔬✈️ With funding from the SNSF, researchers can gain experience formative for their careers. The Postdoc.Mobility 🧳🌍 scheme is allocating a total of 24.8 million Swiss francs to support 200 postdocs either to carry out a research project abroad or to return to Switzerland.
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Mobility grants for 200 postdocs
The SNSF is allocating a total of CHF 24.8 million to enable 200 researchers to carry out a stay abroad or to return to Switzerland.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🔬✈️ With funding from the SNSF, researchers can gain experience formative for their careers. The Postdoc.Mobility 🧳🌍 scheme is allocating a total of 24.8 million Swiss francs to support 200 postdocs either to carry out a research project abroad or to return to Switzerland.
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New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Malik et al. show that vacancy formation energies act as a reliable descriptor for MXene exfoliation, enabling prediction of 7 new stable MXenes and highlighting the need for non-HF etchants at higher pH. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Vacancy formation energy as a descriptor of the exfoliability of MAX phases to MXenes
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Vacancy formation energy as a descriptor of the exfoliability of MAX phases to MXenes
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July 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Malik et al. show that vacancy formation energies act as a reliable descriptor for MXene exfoliation, enabling prediction of 7 new stable MXenes and highlighting the need for non-HF etchants at higher pH. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Bark et al. uncover a higher-order topological phase in hexagonal honeycomb-kagome lattices via Γ-point band inversion, enabling tunable network bands in twisted or mismatched moiré heterostructures. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Stacking-dependent topological electronic structures in honeycomb-kagome heterolayers
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Stacking-dependent topological electronic structures in honeycomb-kagome heterolayers
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July 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Bark et al. uncover a higher-order topological phase in hexagonal honeycomb-kagome lattices via Γ-point band inversion, enabling tunable network bands in twisted or mismatched moiré heterostructures. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Jawa et al. show using TCAD simulations that Schottky barrier heights in TMD FETs appear lower than they are due to trap-induced artifacts in standard extraction.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Interface trap states induced underestimation of Schottky barrier height in metal-MX2 junctions
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Interface trap states induced underestimation of Schottky barrier height in metal-MX2 junctions
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July 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Jawa et al. show using TCAD simulations that Schottky barrier heights in TMD FETs appear lower than they are due to trap-induced artifacts in standard extraction.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Li et al. built quasi-2D Ga₂O₃ UV photodetectors using a liquid metal printing method with a 1.2 μs response, rivaling commercial technology.
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www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Printing ultrathin Quasi-2D Ga2O3 for fast yet highly responsive vertical photodetectors
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Printing ultrathin Quasi-2D Ga2O3 for fast yet highly responsive vertical photodetectors
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July 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Li et al. built quasi-2D Ga₂O₃ UV photodetectors using a liquid metal printing method with a 1.2 μs response, rivaling commercial technology.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Oluwole et al. report a combustion reaction of GO and amino acids, resulting in highly graphitized, N-doped graphene inks—printable on plastic to make chipless RFID tags readable at 3.986 GHz from 28 mm.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Low-temperature graphitization by amine-assisted combustion of graphite oxide
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Low-temperature graphitization by amine-assisted combustion of graphite oxide
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July 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Oluwole et al. report a combustion reaction of GO and amino acids, resulting in highly graphitized, N-doped graphene inks—printable on plastic to make chipless RFID tags readable at 3.986 GHz from 28 mm.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Majchrzak et al. show that MPS₃ heterostructures have tunable electronic states and catalytic potential; MnPS₃/NiPS₃ pairing offers ideal band alignment for efficient, pH-flexible water splitting.
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Experimental and theoretical band alignment study of MPS3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) for designing tailored 2D heterostructures
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Experimental and theoretical band alignment study of MPS3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) for designing tailored 2D heterostructures
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July 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Majchrzak et al. show that MPS₃ heterostructures have tunable electronic states and catalytic potential; MnPS₃/NiPS₃ pairing offers ideal band alignment for efficient, pH-flexible water splitting.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Shakir et al. show that placing a metal in van der Waals contact with a TMDC monolayer enhances photoluminescence by up to 100× by suppressing exciton-exciton annihilation through strong Coulomb screening.
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Photoluminescence enhancement in two-dimensional semiconductors via spacer-free metallic screening
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Photoluminescence enhancement in two-dimensional semiconductors via spacer-free metallic screening
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July 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Shakir et al. show that placing a metal in van der Waals contact with a TMDC monolayer enhances photoluminescence by up to 100× by suppressing exciton-exciton annihilation through strong Coulomb screening.
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New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Gill et al. use ultrafast light pulses to generate pure spin and valley currents—without charge flow—in 2D materials like WSe₂ and bilayer graphene, opening paths to next-gen spin/valleytronics.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Ultrafast all-optical generation of pure spin and valley currents
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Ultrafast all-optical generation of pure spin and valley currents
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June 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Gill et al. use ultrafast light pulses to generate pure spin and valley currents—without charge flow—in 2D materials like WSe₂ and bilayer graphene, opening paths to next-gen spin/valleytronics.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
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New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Lee et al. show that Van der Waals stacking adds symmetry control over Dirac surface states, enabling tunable spin textures and magnetic responses—key for topological quantum and spintronic device design.
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Manipulation of Dirac states in polymorphic and dual topological insulating phases of van der Waals systems
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Manipulation of Dirac states in polymorphic and dual topological insulating phases of van der Waals systems
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June 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Lee et al. show that Van der Waals stacking adds symmetry control over Dirac surface states, enabling tunable spin textures and magnetic responses—key for topological quantum and spintronic device design.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
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New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Solomon et al. show growth of 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Oriented 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Oriented 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition
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June 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Solomon et al. show growth of 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
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🚀 Our lab website is live! → emergelab.rice.edu
The Emerge Lab @RiceUniversity will explore emerging materials & nanoelectronics to advance computing, communication & sensing.
🔬 PhD positions opening soon—stay tuned!
#Nanoelectronics #MaterialsScience #RiceUniversity
The Emerge Lab @RiceUniversity will explore emerging materials & nanoelectronics to advance computing, communication & sensing.
🔬 PhD positions opening soon—stay tuned!
#Nanoelectronics #MaterialsScience #RiceUniversity
Rice – Emerge lab
emergelab.rice.edu
June 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🚀 Our lab website is live! → emergelab.rice.edu
The Emerge Lab @RiceUniversity will explore emerging materials & nanoelectronics to advance computing, communication & sensing.
🔬 PhD positions opening soon—stay tuned!
#Nanoelectronics #MaterialsScience #RiceUniversity
The Emerge Lab @RiceUniversity will explore emerging materials & nanoelectronics to advance computing, communication & sensing.
🔬 PhD positions opening soon—stay tuned!
#Nanoelectronics #MaterialsScience #RiceUniversity
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Ge et al. propose bilayer graphene–WSe₂ quantum dots for quantum computing with simulations revealing fast picosecond operation and a 100× SOC boost. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Ab initio simulation of spin-charge qubits based on bilayer graphene-WSe2 quantum dots
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Ab initio simulation of spin-charge qubits based on bilayer graphene-WSe2 quantum dots
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June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Ge et al. propose bilayer graphene–WSe₂ quantum dots for quantum computing with simulations revealing fast picosecond operation and a 100× SOC boost. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Simonian et al. find that TlGaSe₂ thin films show enhanced thermoelectric performance thanks to stacking faults—once considered defects, they're now a feature. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Elucidating the role of stacking faults in TlGaSe2 on its thermoelectric properties
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Elucidating the role of stacking faults in TlGaSe2 on its thermoelectric properties
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June 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Simonian et al. find that TlGaSe₂ thin films show enhanced thermoelectric performance thanks to stacking faults—once considered defects, they're now a feature. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Lee et al. show that under pressure, CrSiTe₃ becomes metallic, triples its TC, and shows a dome-like Hall effect—evidence of Berry curvature from topological bands. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Pressure-induced large anomalous Hall effects in a layered ferromagnet CrSiTe3
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Pressure-induced large anomalous Hall effects in a layered ferromagnet CrSiTe3
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June 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Lee et al. show that under pressure, CrSiTe₃ becomes metallic, triples its TC, and shows a dome-like Hall effect—evidence of Berry curvature from topological bands. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Erhardt et al. in a first-principles study map the full superconducting dome in doped MoS₂, showing that Tc rises then falls due to CDWs, polarons, and an H-to-1T′ phase shift—reconciling conflicting experiments. www.nature.com/artic... 🧪
Understanding the origin of superconducting dome in electron-doped MoS2 monolayer
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Understanding the origin of superconducting dome in electron-doped MoS2 monolayer
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May 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Erhardt et al. in a first-principles study map the full superconducting dome in doped MoS₂, showing that Tc rises then falls due to CDWs, polarons, and an H-to-1T′ phase shift—reconciling conflicting experiments. www.nature.com/artic... 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Agarwal et al. show that topological polarization textures in twisted vdW bilayers produce distinctive nonlinear optical responses, enabling their optical detection via vortex-like shift photocurrents. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures
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May 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Agarwal et al. show that topological polarization textures in twisted vdW bilayers produce distinctive nonlinear optical responses, enabling their optical detection via vortex-like shift photocurrents. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Abuthahir et al. have developed MXene composites for electrochemical SMX detection, achieving high sensitivity, low LOD, and <3% RSD—ideal for real-time water quality monitoring with biomaterial potential. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Electrochemical detection of sulfamethoxazole antibiotics in water using MXene/ZIF-8 composite modified glassy carbon electrode
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Electrochemical detection of sulfamethoxazole antibiotics in water using MXene/ZIF-8 composite modified glassy carbon electrode
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May 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Abuthahir et al. have developed MXene composites for electrochemical SMX detection, achieving high sensitivity, low LOD, and <3% RSD—ideal for real-time water quality monitoring with biomaterial potential. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Völkel et al. show that h-BN memristors with nickel electrodes show strong resistive switching in air, but not in vacuum—simulations reveal water’s critical role in device behavior and forming process. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Influence of humidity on the resistive switching of hexagonal boron nitride-based memristors
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Influence of humidity on the resistive switching of hexagonal boron nitride-based memristors
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May 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Völkel et al. show that h-BN memristors with nickel electrodes show strong resistive switching in air, but not in vacuum—simulations reveal water’s critical role in device behavior and forming process. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Zhou et al. screen 426 2D monolayers with spin-orbit coupling and reveal standout spin Hall materials like Ta₄Se₂ and Y₂C₂I₂, offering routes to efficient, low-power spintronic technologies. www.nature.com/artic...
High-throughput calculations of spin Hall conductivity in non-magnetic 2D materials
npj 2D Materials and Applications - High-throughput calculations of spin Hall conductivity in non-magnetic 2D materials
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May 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Zhou et al. screen 426 2D monolayers with spin-orbit coupling and reveal standout spin Hall materials like Ta₄Se₂ and Y₂C₂I₂, offering routes to efficient, low-power spintronic technologies. www.nature.com/artic...
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Davoudiniya et al. show that show that 1T-VSe2-based 2D heterostructures with 1T-TaS2 electrodes offer superior spin transport, high TMR, and low switching energy, ideal for next-gen spintronics. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪
Tuning of spin-transfer torque in VSe2-based vdW magnetic tunnel junctions by electrode polytypes
npj 2D Materials and Applications - Tuning of spin-transfer torque in VSe2-based vdW magnetic tunnel junctions by electrode polytypes
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May 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Davoudiniya et al. show that show that 1T-VSe2-based 2D heterostructures with 1T-TaS2 electrodes offer superior spin transport, high TMR, and low switching energy, ideal for next-gen spintronics. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪