In general, when you measure material properties such as optical permittivity, your measurement doesn’t depend on the direction in which you make it. However, recent research has shown that this is ...

Join us for an insightful webinar highlighting cutting-edge research in 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and their applications in quantum optics. This session will showcase multimodal ...

Van der Waals forces, once deemed too weak for structural integrity, have been shown to create stable, highly porous frameworks with exceptional thermal resilience and reversible assembly, paving the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Advances in semiconductor technology have reached a critical turning point. Silicon-based transistor technology, central to electronics, faces increasing limitations due to the ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Certain two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals-bonded bilayers (e.g., WTe₂ and h-BN) exhibit “sliding ferroelectricity (SF),” where electric polarization arises from specific stacking configurations ...