Sofya I. Blanter

TL;DR: Castellanos-Gomez et al. as mentioned in this paper described the isolation and characterization of few-layer black phosphorus in the 2D Matererials, and showed that the few layer black phosphorus can be easily isolated and characterized.

TL;DR: The ambipolar behavior coupled to the fast and broadband photodetection make few-layer black phosphorus a promising 2D material for photodetsection across the visible and near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

TL;DR: The state-of-the-art in photodetectors based on semiconducting 2D materials are reviewed, focusing on the transition metal dichalcogenides, novel van der Waals materials, black phosphorus, and heterostructures.

TL;DR: This work reports on photodetectors incorporating the layered material In2Se3, which allow complete modulation of a high gain, photogating mechanism in the ON state in favor of fast photoconduction in the OFF state, and demonstrates control over the dominant mechanism responsible for photocurrent generation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a modification of the mechanical exfoliation method, which provides higher yield of atomically thin flakes than conventional mechanical ex-foliation, has been developed, and general guidelines to determine the number of layers using optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy.