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  • Spontaneous scrolling in two-dimensional polar van der Waals materials, driven by intrinsic out-of-plane electric polarization, enables the scalable production of nanoscrolls and their heterostructures.

    • Zhi Zhang
    • Yuwei Zhang
    • Zejun Li
    Research
    Nature Materials
    P: 1-10
  • NV center-based quantum sensors integrated into diamond anvil cells have enabled magnetic imaging under high pressure but are less suited for studying magnetic van der Waals materials. Here, the authors demonstrate magnetic imaging of micrometer-sized flakes of 1T-CrTe2 under high pressure using spin-centers in a thin hBN layer.

    • Z. Mu
    • J. Fraunié
    • V. Jacques
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-8
  • This study spatially maps MoS2 monolayer photoactivity, revealing static holes and mobile electrons with distinct redox zones. Bound excitons show higher efficiency, providing insights for designing advanced photocatalysts with improved performance.

    • Olivier Henrotte
    • Seryio Saris
    • Alberto Naldoni
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-9
  • Impurities and vacancies are commonly found within the crystalline lattice of transition metal dichalcogenides, however they are usually seen as detrimental for their optical properties. Here, the authors demonstrate that sulfur vacancies in MoS2can give rise to a near-infrared emission peak.

    • F. Fabbri
    • E. Rotunno
    • G. Salviati
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 7, P: 1-7
  • Early Pleistocene artefacts at Calio suggest that Sulawesi was populated by hominins at around the same time as Flores, if not earlier.

    • Budianto Hakim
    • Unggul Prasetyo Wibowo
    • Adam Brumm
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 646, P: 378-383
  • Topologically protected hinge modes could be important for developing quantum devices, but electronic transport through those states has not been demonstrated. Now quantum transport has been shown in gapless topological hinge states.

    • Md Shafayat Hossain
    • Qi Zhang
    • M. Zahid Hasan
    Research
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 20, P: 776-782
  • The authors demonstrate deeply subwavelength light confinement in the terahertz spectral range by exploiting the strong light–matter coupling and hyperbolicity of phonon polaritons in hafnium-based dichalcogenides.

    • Ryan A. Kowalski
    • Niclas S. Mueller
    • Joshua D. Caldwell
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Materials
    P: 1-7
  • Hexagonal boron nitride is a common component of 2D heterostructures. Defects implanted in boron nitride crystals can be used to perform spatially resolved sensing of properties, including temperature, magnetism and current.

    • A. J. Healey
    • S. C. Scholten
    • J.-P. Tetienne
    Research
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 19, P: 87-91
  • LLM agents could revolutionize laboratory automation, but their capabilities remain poorly tested. Here, the authors create a framework automating atomic force microscopy with LLMs and benchmark them through an end-to-end evaluation suite, revealing major limitations and safety concerns

    • Indrajeet Mandal
    • Jitendra Soni
    • N. M. Anoop Krishnan
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-15
  • The layer stacking order in 2D materials can be used to control functional properties. Here, the authors find a thickness effect, where thin flakes of MoTe2 display stacking arrangements different from bulk crystals.

    • James L. Hart
    • Lopa Bhatt
    • Judy J. Cha
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-9
  • Two-dimensional materials get their unusual properties because the motion of their electrons is confined to a single plane, but combining two such materials adds an extra degree of freedom: interlayer coupling. Here, the authors use ultrafast spectroscopy to show that this electron motion is highly efficient.

    • Jiaqi He
    • Nardeep Kumar
    • Hui Zhao
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 5, P: 1-5
  • Black phosphorus p-type field-effect switching was previously demonstrated, but type control has proven difficult. Here, the authors create n-type black phosphorus Schottky field-effect transistors in which the polarity is controlled via contact-metal engineering and changing the flake thickness.

    • David J. Perello
    • Sang Hoon Chae
    • Young Hee Lee
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-10
  • Quasi-phase matching (QPM) is a well-known technique to improve the efficiency of frequency conversion processes in 3D nonlinear optical materials. Here, the authors report the implementation of nanoscale QPM in 2D 3R-stacked twisted MoS2, showing enhanced second harmonic generation and spontaneous parametric down-conversion.

    • Yilin Tang
    • Kabilan Sripathy
    • Yuerui Lu
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-9
  • Ambipolar transport, necessary to realise PN-junctions, is unfortunately missing from most two-dimensional semiconductors. Here, the authors fabricate few-layer black phosphorous field-effect transistors, define PN-junctions and demonstrate full electrostatic control of the device by means of local gating.

    • Michele Buscema
    • Dirk J. Groenendijk
    • Andres Castellanos-Gomez
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 5, P: 1-6
  • Two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) have emerged as highly conductive and stable materials, of promise for electronic applications. Here, the authors use in situ electric biasing and transmission electron microscopy to investigate the effect of surface termination and intercalation on electronic properties.

    • James L. Hart
    • Kanit Hantanasirisakul
    • Mitra L. Taheri
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 10, P: 1-10
  • The field effect tunability of 2D semiconductors is at the basis of their technological appeal, but it is usually implemented via electrostatic gating. Here, the authors demonstrate an ultrafast THz field effect in 2D MoS2 embedded in a nanoantenna converting the incident radiation field into an out-of-plane electric field of ~ MV/cm scale.

    • Tomoki Hiraoka
    • Sandra Nestler
    • Dmitry Turchinovich
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-11
  • The theory-guided synthesis of a tungsten-based W2TiC2Tx MXene from a non-MAX nanolaminated ternary carbide (W,Ti)4C4−y is reported. The tungsten-rich basal plane of the W2TiC2Tx MXene is then examined for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction using a combined experimental and theoretical approach.

    • Anupma Thakur
    • Wyatt J. Highland
    • Babak Anasori
    Research
    Nature Synthesis
    Volume: 4, P: 888-900
  • van der Waals magnetic materials, which retain magnetism down to a single two-dimensional layer of atoms, have great technological potential for spin-based information processing, however, typical approaches to measure their spin dynamics are often hampered by the small number of spins in a single atomic layer compared to three dimensional materials. Here, Zollitsch et al present a methodology for the detection of spin dynamics in van der Waals magnets via photon-magnon coupling between it and a superconducting resonator, with potential to resolve spin dynamics down to a single monolayer.

    • Christoph W. Zollitsch
    • Safe Khan
    • Hidekazu Kurebayashi
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-7
  • Few-layer black phosphorus (BP) is a promising semiconductor, but it is highly reactive and susceptible to ambient degradation. Covalent functionalization with aryl radicals has now been shown to significantly improve the stability of exfoliated BP, as well as the performance of BP-based electronic devices through a controllable p-type doping effect.

    • Christopher R. Ryder
    • Joshua D. Wood
    • Mark C. Hersam
    Research
    Nature Chemistry
    Volume: 8, P: 597-602
  • Net-zero bioplastics are possible when combined with high recycling rates. This study presents a mixed polyester recycling process integrated with monomer separation and purification for both fossil- and bio-based plastics. Techno-economic and life cycle analyses confirm its environmental and commercial advantages, advancing the path toward circular, low-emission polyester plastics.

    • Julia B. Curley
    • Yuanzhe Liang
    • Katrina M. Knauer
    Research
    Nature Chemical Engineering
    Volume: 2, P: 568-580
  • The layered structure of van der Waals materials leads to highly anisotropic thermal conductivity, due to the van der Waals gap between the layers. Here, Da̧browski et al show how this anisotropic heat transport can be harnessed for ultrafast, optically-induced control of magnetism in Cr2Ge2Te6.

    • Maciej Da̧browski
    • Sumit Haldar
    • Robert J. Hicken
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-10
  • Pair density modulation, an unusual superconducting state whose superconducting gap is modulated by the wavelength corresponding to the lattice periodicity, is described and observed in exfoliated thin flakes of the iron-based superconductor FeTe0.55Se0.45.

    • Lingyuan Kong
    • Michał Papaj
    • Stevan Nadj-Perge
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 640, P: 55-61
  • The discover of van der Waals materials that retain magnetic ordering down to monolayers has fostered considerable interest, however, these materials are often hampered by poor environmental stability. Here, Tschudin, Broadway and coauthors study the magnetic properties of CrSBr, using NV-center based magnetometry, detailing magnetization reversal under applied magnetic fields

    • Märta A. Tschudin
    • David A. Broadway
    • Patrick Maletinsky
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-10
  • Although synthesis of high-quality MoS2 has been demonstrated, growth of monolayer MoS2at controlled locations is highly desirable for applications. Here, the authors introduce a method where patterned seeds of molybdenum source material are used to grow isolated flakes at predetermined locations.

    • Gang Hee Han
    • Nicholas J. Kybert
    • A. T. Charlie Johnson
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-6
  • The 2D material hBN hosts various optically addressable spin defects, promising for quantum technology applications. Here the authors report the co-existence of spin-1 and spin-1/2 defects in hBN, show their room temperature coherent control and optical readout, as well as cross-relaxation.

    • Sam C. Scholten
    • Priya Singh
    • Jean-Philippe Tetienne
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-8
  • Fe3GeTe2, known as FGT, is a van der Waals magnetic material that was recently shown to host magnetic skyrmions. Here, Birch et al using both X-ray and electron microscopy to study the stability of skyrmions in FGT, revealing how the sample history can influence skyrmion formation

    • M. T. Birch
    • L. Powalla
    • G. Schütz
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 13, P: 1-11
  • Owing to electron localization, two-dimensional materials are not expected to be metallic at low temperatures, but a field-induced quantum metal phase emerges in NbSe2, whose behaviour is consistent with the Bose-metal model.

    • A. W. Tsen
    • B. Hunt
    • A. N. Pasupathy
    Research
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 12, P: 208-212
  • The coupling of defect centers in hBN to phonons has been mostly studied using optical techniques. Here, the authors use a method based on incorporation of electron-driven photon sources in an electron microscope to probe ultrafast dynamics of quantum emitters in hBN, with a dephasing time of less than 200 fs.

    • M. Taleb
    • P. H. Bittorf
    • N. Talebi
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-9
  • Molecules trapped between the layers of two-dimensional materials are thought to experience high pressure. Here, the authors report measurements of this interfacial pressure by capturing pressure-sensitive molecules and studying their structural changes, and show that it can also induce chemical reaction.

    • K. S. Vasu
    • E. Prestat
    • R. R. Nair
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 7, P: 1-6
  • A two-dimensional van der Waals material, NbOCl2, that simultaneously exhibits near-unity linear dichroism (~99%) over 100 nm bandwidth in ultraviolet regime and large birefringence (0.26–0.46) within a wide visible–near-infrared transparency window is reported.

    • Qiangbing Guo
    • Qiuhong Zhang
    • Cheng-Wei Qiu
    Research
    Nature Photonics
    Volume: 18, P: 1170-1175
  • A mild electrochemical exfoliation method has been developed to obtain large-size two-dimensional superconductor monolayers with high crystallinity and production yield, which enables the easy fabrication of twisted van der Waals heterostructures and printed films.

    • Jing Li
    • Peng Song
    • Jiong Lu
    Research
    Nature Materials
    Volume: 20, P: 181-187
  • 2D metallic single crystals are sought after for nanophotonic applications, but their synthesis remains challenging. Here, the authors report an atomic level precision etching method to fabricate large-area crystalline gold flakes with nanometre thickness, showing enhanced plasmonic and nonlinear optical properties.

    • Chenxinyu Pan
    • Yuanbiao Tong
    • Pan Wang
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-9
  • Electrolyte gating enables the accumulation of large carrier densities in two-dimensional electron systems. Here, the authors demonstrate that a few-atom thick layer of hexagonal boron nitride can dramatically improve carrier mobility in an electrolyte-gated system by limiting chemical reactions and disorder.

    • Patrick Gallagher
    • Menyoung Lee
    • David Goldhaber-Gordon
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-5
  • The authors report subnanosecond thermal transport on a gold–hexagonal boron nitrite interface governed by hyperbolic phonon–polariton coupling, demonstrating a cooling mechanism orders of magnitude faster than those relying on phonon-mediated processes.

    • William Hutchins
    • Saman Zare
    • Patrick E. Hopkins
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Materials
    Volume: 24, P: 698-706
  • A substrate-free solution process can create large-area two-dimensional tellurium crystals, which can be used to build field-effect transistors that exhibit air-stable performance at room temperature for over two months and high on-state current densities of 1 A mm–1.

    • Yixiu Wang
    • Gang Qiu
    • Wenzhuo Wu
    Research
    Nature Electronics
    Volume: 1, P: 228-236
  • Single-photon emitters (SPEs) in 2D semiconductors are usually affected by complex spectral profiles that limit their understanding and applications. Here, the authors combine a noncovalent surface functionalization method with localized mechanical strain to simplify the spectra and enhance the purity of SPEs in monolayer WSe2.

    • M. Iqbal Bakti Utama
    • Hongfei Zeng
    • Mark C. Hersam
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-10
  • Molybdenum disulfide is a two-dimensional semiconducting material that has properties that make it useful for compact electronic devices. Here, the authors use molybdenum disulfide in an ultra-thin p–n junction that demonstrate ambipolar carrier transport and current rectification.

    • Hua-Min Li
    • Daeyeong Lee
    • Won Jong Yoo
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-9