Physicists engineer a nanoscale mirror that can be switched on and off at will

Using quantum effects in a 2D material, researchers created a tunable metasurface that toggles between reflecting and ...
Physics World

2D boron sheets show novel ‘half-auxetic’ effect

Regardless of whether it is strained or compressed, the new material always expands. Copyright: Thomas Heine et al. Researchers have discovered a two-dimensional ...
Nanowerk

2D materials combine, becoming polarized and giving rise to photovoltaic effect

(Nanowerk News) For the first time, researchers have discovered a way to obtain polarity and photovoltaic behavior from certain nonphotovoltaic, atomically flat (2D) materials. The key lies in the ...
EurekAlert!

Researchers find 'layer Hall effect' in a 2D topological Axion antiferromagnet

A team of researchers have discovered a 'layer Hall effect' in a 2D topological Axion antiferromagnet. The work, published in the journal Nature, is believed to be the first experimental evidence of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

2D Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistors (Penn State, U. of Minnesota)

A new technical paper titled “Multifunctional 2D FETs exploiting incipient ferroelectricity in freestanding SrTiO 3 nanomembranes at sub-ambient temperatures” was published by researchers at Penn ...