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This study shows that CrSBr hosts Frenkel-like and Wannier-Mott-like excitons whose distinct spatial character explains their contrasting sensitivity to magnetic order and lattice vibrations, challenging the standard dichotomy in describing excitons.

NiPS₃ is a van der Waals antiferromagnetic semiconductor where the exciton formation is strongly influenced by the magnetic ordering. Previous studies have been limited to magneto-optical approaches, but here, Lebedev, Gish and coauthors succeed in making field effect transistors that operate below the Néel temperature and observe an ultranarrow electroluminescence with a high degree of linear polarization.

Exciton propagation in CrSBr is strongly influenced by magnetic properties, particularly peaking at the Néel temperature. Its transport is not governed by classical diffusion but rather by an interaction with the spin degree of freedom, specifically through a magnon–exciton drag effect.

In the layered magnetic semiconductor CrSBr, emergent light–matter hybrids (polaritons) increase the spectral bandwidth of correlations between the magnetic, electronic and optical properties, enabling largely tunable optical responses to applied magnetic fields and magnons.

A galvanic strategy enables the intercalation of diverse molecular cations into bulk and few-layer van der Waals crystals under mild conditions, yielding 50 organic–inorganic superlattices. This method enables the definition of vertical and lateral intercalation heterostructures, opening avenues for the device integration of hybrid quantum materials.

2D semiconductors hold promise for solution-processed circuits requiring low-cost components and manufacturing scalability. Here, the authors investigate the criteria for the electrochemical exfoliation of high aspect-ratio nanosheets from 28 different layered materials, identifying the most promising candidates and key bottlenecks for solution-processed complementary electronics and functional circuits.

A general two-step intercalation and cation-exchange strategy is used to produce a library of highly ordered magnetic intercalation superlattices with tunable chemical modulations and magnetic ordering.

Devices based on a vertical van der Waals heterostructure of solution-processed zirconium oxide and molybdenum disulfide can reconfigure between transistor and diode modes, and be fabricated on the wafer-scale.

Developing chemistries for positive electrodes with large specific capacities and high operating potentials is highly desirable for aqueous zinc batteries. Here, authors report a reversible Se electrode that undergoes ZnSe↔Se↔SeCl₄ reaction, combined with Br⁻ /Br^{n –} redox couple as Se revitalizer to enhance cycling performance.

Using pump-power-dependent exciton absorption spectroscopy, the authors reveal magnon-mediated exciton–exciton interactions and a consequent nonlinear optical response in CrSBr, an antiferromagnetic semiconductor.

The emergence of magnetically confined surface excitons enabled by antiferromagnetic spin correlations is reported, which leads to the confinement of excitons to the surface of layered antiferromagnet CrSBr.

A photoreactive crosslinker can be used to directly pattern thin films of exfoliated two-dimensional flakes, and the technique can be performed sequentially to create patterned van der Waals heterostructures at wafer scales.

The feasibility of using second-harmonic generation to measure the broken time-reversal symmetry and valley polarization in monolayer WSe₂ is presented, simplifying the process of probing valleys on ultrafast timescales without perturbing the system.

Substitutionally doped two-dimensional diselenides can be used to make p-type field-effect transistors with reduced contact resistance and good electrostatic control by varying the thickness of the channel and contact regions.

Electrochemical molecular intercalation and exfoliation are established methods to obtain 2D semiconductor inks, but they usually require costly bulk layered crystals as starting materials. Here, the authors report a facile and general liquid-metal-assisted method to synthesize >50 types of 2D material inks from low-cost crystal powders.

CrSBr is a van der Waals layered antiferromagnet. Unlike many other van der Waals magnetic materials it is air stable, and in addition hosts a rich array of magneto-optical responses. Here, Tabataba-Vakili et al demonstrate that the magnetic and optical response of CrSBr is sensitive to gating, allowing electrical control of the magneto-optical properties.

By incorporating chiral molecules into conventional superconductor lattices such as TaS₂ to form a hybrid superlattice, non-centrosymmetry could be introduced and can be shown to help lead to unconventional superconductivity.

The electrical properties of nanostructured networks are often dominated by junctions between the particles. Here, Gabett et al. develop transport models and utilise impedance spectroscopy to quantify the factors limiting conduction in these systems.

Rhombohedral (gray) arsenic represents a promising layered material for the fabrication of electronic devices and sensors; however, synthetic protocols for tuning its properties or protecting the surface by covalent functionalization are not known. In this communication, we present its covalent functionalization accompanied by exfoliation of rhombohedral arsenic in the presence of chromium hexacarbonyl and UV irradiation. Under such conditions, arsenic atoms act as ligands to the chromium metal center. We believe that this approach will open the doors for next modifications of rhombohedral few-layer arsenic and enable its application in variable fields including electronic devices, sensors, and energy devices.

Understanding the mechanism by which magnons—the quanta of spin waves—propagate is important for developing practical devices. Now it is shown that long-range dipole–dipole interactions mediate the propagation in a van der Waals antiferromagnet.

By intercalating layered 2D atomic crystals with selected chiral molecules, a new class of chiral molecular intercalation superlattices is reported, demonstrating highly ordered structures and achieving high tunnelling magnetoresistance and spin polarization ratios.

Choice of MAX phase precursor plays a significant role on the structure and properties of MXenes. Here, carbon fibers are used as the carbon source and template for the MAX phase, resulting in a Ti₃C₂T_x MXene with a tubular morphology.

Zero-valent metallic nanoparticles can exhibit superparamagnetism, due to quantum effects in magnetic nanomaterials, but their syntheses can be hindered by chemical instability. Here, the authors prepare air-stable superparamagnetic nanoparticles trapped between thermally reduced graphene oxide nanosheets.