Engineers pair vibrating particles, called phonons, with particles of light, called photons, to enhance the nonlinear optical properties of hexagonal boron nitride. Writing in Nature Communicationson ...

Discover how multimodal microscopy combines Raman, photoluminescence, and SHG to deliver insights into the structure and ...

A novel 2-dimensional quantum substance has been discovered. The material is composed of atom-thin layers of cerium, silicon, and iodine (CeSiI) and is the first example of a two-dimensional material ...

A key objective of electronics engineers is to further reduce the size of devices, while also boosting their speed, ...

Materials that are incredibly thin, only a few atoms thick, exhibit unique properties that make them appealing for energy storage, catalysis and water purification. Researchers at Linköping University ...

What Makes Molybdenum Disulfide a Very Important 2D Material for Industrial Applications? Apart from graphene, another group of 2D materials is used for various industrial applications. These are the ...

The synthesis of 2D material polymers represents a groundbreaking approach in materials science, offering a diverse range of applications in various industries. These composite materials combine the ...

Even the strongest crack under pressure, a problem materials scientists have long been grappling with. For instance, carbon-derived materials like graphene are among the strongest on Earth, but once ...

A skyrmion is a spin structure arranged in a vortex shape, theoretically reducible to just a few nanometers and capable of moving with very low power. If skyrmions can be freely created and ...