A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong ...

A U.S.-French research group has developed a 2D perovskite solar cell with enhanced electron flow and a threefold increase in the electron conduction of the perovskite material. Perovskite cells built ...

Perovskites are among the most researched topics in materials science. Recently, a research team has solved an age-old challenge to synthesize all-organic two-dimensional perovskites, extending the ...

Twisted electronics: Columbia University researchers have shown that they can fine-tune the electronic, mechanical, and optical properties of 2D heterostructures like graphene on boron nitride by ...

In order to realize their commercial use, the prerequisite is large-scale production. Bottom-up strategies like chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and chemical synthesis have been extensively explored ...

The recent progress on two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals ferroelectrics may revolutionize the applications of ferroelectric (FE) materials in nanoelectronics. Their atomic-thickness renders ...

Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, materials that can conduct electricity and are only a few atoms thick, are promising alternatives to the conventional silicon-based semiconductors currently used ...

A single-layer planar carbon sheet with four- and eight-membered rings, known as T-graphene, could be an intrinsic elemental 2D superconductor with a superconducting transition temperature (T c) of ...