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 ...

Rossi’s current research focuses on two other promising 2D materials – tungsten disulfide and hexagonal boron nitride. He ...

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 ...

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 ...

Limiting quantum particles to move in one, two, or three dimensions has led to the observation of many striking phenomena. A prime example is the quantization of the Hall conductance measured in 2D ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physicists propose a new vantage point to observe quantum fractionalization. Rice University physicists Matthew Foster and Seth Davis want to view a vexing quantum puzzle from an entirely new ...

Stacking dies introduces layers of complexity driven by multi-physics interactions, which must be addressed at the start of ...