A promising strategy for functionalizing layered Van der Waals materials involves manipulating the coupling between atomic sheets to create novel, tunable electronic states with exploitable properties. Interlayer charge transport, which closely reflects these interactions, has been largely unexplored due to experimental difficulties. Using focused ion beam (FIB) microfabrication, we conducted a detailed study of resistivity anisotropy in monocrystalline, bulk transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) such as 1T-TaS2,  2H-NbS2 and 4H-TaS2. These measurements have revealed several unexpected findings, challenging our traditional understanding of these materials, which will be discussed in the presentation.

Acknowledgment: I would like to acknowledge Edoardo Martino, Konstantin Semeniuk, and Helmuth Berger for their key contributions to this work.

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