Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

The valley Nernst effect in WSe2

  • Minh Tuan Dau,
  • Céline Vergnaud,
  • Alain Marty,
  • Cyrille Beigné,
  • Serge Gambarelli,
  • Vincent Maurel,
  • Timotée Journot,
  • Bérangère Hyot,
  • Thomas Guillet,
  • Benjamin Grévin,
  • Hanako Okuno,
  • Matthieu Jamet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13590-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides possess a valley degree of freedom, which could enrich the physics underpinning the conventional Nernst effect observed in traditional solids. Here, the authors report experimental evidence of the valley Nernst effect in WSe2 at room temperature.