(CREDIT: Yichao Zhang, et al.) Twisted 2D materials are already being researched for use in transistors, sensors, and quantum computing hardware. Adding heat behavior to that research means engineers ...

On October 21, 2025, scientists revealed a groundbreaking discovery in the realm of quantum physics: a hidden quantum trick ...

Researchers investigated the fatigue behavior of 2D hybrid materials, opening doors to their widespread use in real-world applications. Researchers investigated the fatigue behavior of 2D hybrid ...

Haozhe "Harry" Wang's electrical and computer engineering lab at Duke welcomed an unusual new lab member this fall: ...

The finding offers a rare glimpse into how light and matter interact at the atomic level. When laser light hits these Janus TMDs, it doesn’t just pass through, it exerts a mecha ...

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 ...

Robotic stacking of 2D material layers on a heated substrate while applying pressure pushes out residues such as polymers from between the layers, resulting in atomically clean interfaces between ...

Molecular 2D materials find immense applications in materials science, owing to their wide structural variety and easy controllability. Establishing a simple and efficient method for their synthesis ...

Debut of ultra-thin materials delivers up to 1,000× energy efficiency improvements, a foundational step toward vertically integrated chips that unify compute, memory, and power SAN JOSE, ...

The unique properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are only a few atoms to a single atom thick, differ from those of their three-dimensional (3D) counterparts. 2D materials have had a ...