When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin ...

Quantum technologies from ultrasensitive sensors to next-generation information processors depend on the ability of quantum ...

Researchers show that precisely layering nano-thin materials creates excitons -- essentially, artificial atoms -- that can act as quantum information bits, or qubits. By taking two flakes of special ...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have atomic-level thickness and excellent mechanical and physical properties, with broad application prospects in fields such as semiconductors, flexible devices, and ...

At the 2025 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), research centre Imec is presenting breakthrough performance of p-type FETs with monolayer WSe 2 channels, and improved fab-compatible ...

Electric-field-assisted assembly enables scalable, lithography-free fabrication of logic circuits using 2D semiconductors. It provides a practical route to high-performance electronics beyond ...

Scientists show wrinkles in 2D materials can lock electron spin with record precision, paving the way for ultracompact, energy-efficient spintronic devices. (Nanowerk News) Wrinkles can be an asset — ...

Energy-inefficient devices consume more power, leading to higher greenhouse gas emissions and increased electricity costs, making it imperative to improve energy efficiency for reducing the global ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Graduate student Trevor Ollis fills a camera with liquid nitrogen to cool it to -120 degrees Celsius in order to examine monolayer materials developed in the laboratory of Nickolas Vamivakas. “If we ...

Figure 1. Instability of suspended single-layer graphene. Scale: a 1 μm, 500 nm, 200 nm, and d 1 μm. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have atomic-level thickness and excellent mechanical and physical ...