By taking two flakes of special materials that are just one atom thick and twisting them at high angles, researchers at the ...

A new way to create ultra-thin layers of metals makes it possible for scientists to study a new and unusual class of 2D ...

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

Researchers from the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a convenient, universal, atomic-level manufacturing technique—called vdW squeezing—for the production ...

A Chinese research team has successfully developed a single-atom-thick metal layer, with a thickness just one ...

This area is particularly promising, as stacking or twisting 2D materials can create new materials with properties distinct from those of the individual layers. In inorganic materials, this field ...

Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, a physicist who studies 2D materials at the University of California, Irvine, likens the ...

“However, thanks to recent advances in nanomaterial synthesis and high-resolution imaging, we were able to uncover a new approach to making 2D materials tougher without adding extra layers.” Reference ...

Chinese scientists have recently achieved the fabrication of single-atom-layer metals with a thickness of merely one-millionth the thickness of an A4 paper sheet, setting a new record for the thinnest ...

The conventional method for preparing 2D materials was developed in 2004 and led to the discovery of graphene, the single layer of carbon that is highly conductive and stronger than steel.