Instrumentation and measurement Research update Lithium-6 enriched semiconductor is efficient detector of thermal neutrons Compact detectors based on 2D material could find a range of applications Read article: Lithium-6 enriched semiconductor is efficient detector of thermal neutrons
2D materials Research update Thin ice reveals its secrets Non-contact atomic force microscopy reveals a new two-dimensional ice-growth process Read article: Thin ice reveals its secrets
Optics and photonics Research update Moiré patterns created in light Optical moiré lattices exhibit the same physics seen in twisted 2D crystals Read article: Moiré patterns created in light
Culture, history and society Podcasts Looking forward to a new decade of physics, listening to graphene-based headphones Tune in to the first weekly podcast of the 2020s Read article: Looking forward to a new decade of physics, listening to graphene-based headphones
2D materials Research update Machine learning could reveal graphene oxide’s real structure More than 20,000 possible structure candidates are used to find truly representative models Read article: Machine learning could reveal graphene oxide’s real structure
2D materials Blog A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2018 – Discovery of ‘magic-angle graphene’ Hamish Johnston looks at what has happened since the 2018 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for the discovery of magic-angle graphene Read article: A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2018 – Discovery of ‘magic-angle graphene’
2D materials Research update Electrons flow like water in ultra-pure graphene Researchers use a scanning probe imaging technique to confirm Poiseuille electron flow Read article: Electrons flow like water in ultra-pure graphene
2D materials Research update Molecular graphenoids make coherent spin centres Quantum dots in graphene containing pentagonal defects might be used as quantum sensors Read article: Molecular graphenoids make coherent spin centres
2D materials Research update Managed triplets improve perovskite LEDs Exciton energy is critical to the light-emitting performance of quasi-2D perovskites Read article: Managed triplets improve perovskite LEDs
Advanced materials Research update Magic-angle graphene reveals a host of new states Latest work on twisted carbon sheet could allow researchers to investigate strongly correlated physics in a simple platform Read article: Magic-angle graphene reveals a host of new states