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Nanomechanics in van der Waals Heterostructures

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Bandstructure engineering is the foundation of the semiconductor industry and by extension, at the heart of modern life. Every material has a unique electronic bandstructure that describes the energy levels available for its electrons to occupy. First year physics undergraduate courses teach us that a materials’ electronic/optical behaviour can be understood with the concepts of the conduction/valence bands and the Fermi level.

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Holwill, M. (2019). Introduction. In: Nanomechanics in van der Waals Heterostructures. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18529-9_1

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