1D bands take on electronic or magnetic properties. Courtesy: Yakobson Research Group/Rice University Researchers at Rice University in the US have proposed a new way of controlling the magnetic and ...

True to form, observations of nonlinear behaviour in graphene – such as parametric frequency conversion, third harmonic generation and self -phase modulation – has revealed extremely strong responses.

A unique new semiconductor, rhenium disulfide, that behaves electronically as if it were a 2-D monolayer even as a 3-D bulk material has been discovered by researchers. This not only opens the door to ...

The new, international theoretical study introduces a novel approach known as the ‘quantum virial expansion,’ offering a powerful tool to uncover the complex quantum interactions in two-dimensional ...

Figure 1: Transition and correlation between phase and physics in TMDs. Overall, the use of robust phase transitions to versatile 2D layered structures is a timely and challenging issue for science ...

(Nanowerk News) From super-lubricants, to solar cells, to the fledgling technology of valleytronics, there is much to be excited about with the discovery of a unique new two-dimensional semiconductor, ...

Near the 100th anniversary of the discovery of ferroelectricity, so-called sliding ferroelectricity has been proposed and confirmed recently in a series of experiments that have stimulated remarkable ...

Google today announced new developer tools specifically for building mobile games. The company has launched a new 2D physics library called LiquidFun, a Google Play games plugin for Unity which works ...