2D materials Research update Cling film helps stamp two-dimensional materials onto patterned surfaces An unexpected material comes to the rescue of 2D material transfer Read article: Cling film helps stamp two-dimensional materials onto patterned surfaces
2D materials Research update Two-dimensional material shows promise for long-term memory, thanks to slow electrons A 2D magnetic material exhibits a charge-ordered state in which electrons move collectively and unusually slowly while maintaining quantum coherence Read article: Two-dimensional material shows promise for long-term memory, thanks to slow electrons
Superconductivity Research update Magnetic field first kills superconductor, then brings it back to life “Re-entrant” superconductivity discovered in a 2D material for the first time Read article: Magnetic field first kills superconductor, then brings it back to life
2D materials Research update Encapsulation enhances surface structure imaging of 2D quantum material New technique allows researchers to probe the top layer of an atomically thin topological quantum material for the first time Read article: Encapsulation enhances surface structure imaging of 2D quantum material
Magnetism and spin Research update Altermagnets can turn neighbouring materials altermagnetic, too "Proximity effect" appears in models of semiconductor/altermagnet bilayer structures Read article: Altermagnets can turn neighbouring materials altermagnetic, too
Optical physics Research update Darkness can travel faster than light Discovery of superluminal correlations within 2D hexagonal boron nitride could advance super-resolution electron microscopy Read article: Darkness can travel faster than light
Superconductivity Research update Superfluid plasmon appears in a two-dimensional superconductor New finding could advance our understanding of high-temperature superconductors Read article: Superfluid plasmon appears in a two-dimensional superconductor
2D materials Research update 2D materials help spacecraft electronics resist radiation damage Transistors based on atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides appear particularly robust Read article: 2D materials help spacecraft electronics resist radiation damage
Condensed matter Research update Anyon physics could explain coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism Calculations explain curious properties of some 2D materials Read article: Anyon physics could explain coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism
2D materials News Pioneers of 2D metals win the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year Researchers describe their success with five metals as the “tip of the iceberg” Read article: Pioneers of 2D metals win the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year