Vacuum tunnelling – an exotic process by which empty space can become temporarily filled with virtual particles when an ...

It is anticipated that within just a few decades, the surging volume of digital data will constitute one of the world's ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have observed a doping-tunable charge density wave (CDW) in a ...

Navigating challenges: Researchers layout a roadmap for exploiting electronic grade 2D materials. (Credit: Natalie Briggs) Mechanical exfoliation refers to the fabrication approach Andre Geim and ...

Interlayer coupling provides an opportunity to observe new physics and a novel strategy for modulating the electronic and optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) ...

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 ...

Scientists report a record 2440 fold boost in two photon upconversion from 2D excitons, opening new paths for advanced ...

Scientists have investigated a new two-dimensional form of matter known as Bose glass, which could help physicists study a concept known as many-body localization. Such a concept could help quantum ...

H-NbO2, created by ion extraction from LiNbO2, combines 2D flexibility with correlated states like superconductivity, ...

Ultrathin materials such as graphene promise a revolution in nanoscience and technology. Researchers have now made an important advance within the field. In a recent article they present a method for ...