When mobile charge carriers, also known as itinerant electrons, interact with the strong exchange magnetic fields associated ...

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 ...

Physicists at RIKEN have developed an electronic device that hosts unusual states of matter, which could one day be useful for quantum computation. When a material exists as an ultrathin layer—a mere ...

By cooling an atom-thin magnetic material, physicists have experimentally confirmed a classic 1970s model of two-dimensional ...

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 ...

A unique new semiconductor, rhenium disulfide, that behaves electronically as if it were a 2-D monolayer even as a 3-D bulk material has been discovered by researchers. This not only opens the door to ...

As the demand for smarter, smaller, and more energy-efficient electronics surges, the limits of conventional 3D semiconductors are becoming impossible to ignore. Now, researchers from Netaji Subhas ...

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student-led team has developed a new algorithm to help scientists determine direction in complex two-dimensional (2D) data, with potential applications ranging from ...

Overall, the use of robust phase transitions to versatile 2D layered structures is a timely and challenging issue for science and technology. In this progress article, we present an overview of this ...

Today we continue on our journey of understanding motion, direction, and velocity. Continuing in our journey of understanding motion, direction, and velocity... today, Shini introduces the ideas of ...