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We have examined the electronic structure evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides MX 2 where M = Mo, W and X = S, Se, and Te. These are generally referred to as van der Waals materials on the one hand, yet one has band gap changes as large as 0.6 eV with thickness in some instances. This does not seem to be consistent with a description where the dominant interactions are van der Waals interactions. Mapping onto a tight binding model allows us to quantify the electronic structure changes, which are found to be dictated solely by interlayer hopping interactions. Different environments that an atom encounters could change the Madelung potential and therefore the onsite energies. This could happen while going from the monolayer to the bilayer as well as in cases where the stackings are different from what is found in 2H structures. These effects are quantitatively found to be negligible, enabling us to quantify the thickness-dependent electronic structure changes as arising from interlayer interactions alone.

Layer-Dependent Electronic Structure Changes in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: The Microscopic Origin