Squid teeth inspire stretchable 2D layered material
New structures could be used to make tough, flexible electronics and to sequester carbon
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Vortices appear in an electron fluid
First observations of hydrodynamic electron behaviour could be exploited to make more efficient electronics
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Excitonic insulators are created in moiré superlattices
Research could lead to the discovery of new quantum states of matter
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Undulations could replace twists in 2D materials
Computational model shows that growing or stamping layers of material on an uneven surface reproduces novel electronic properties of twisted-layer technique
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Nanoscale impurities degrade halide perovskites
"Traps" for charge carriers reduce the longevity of these promising solar-cell materials as well as their efficiency
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New ‘wonder material’ graphyne synthesized in two labs
Two different versions of 2D carbon allotrope created independently
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Graphene ‘drums’ pick up vibrations from individual bacteria
Drums made from the 2D carbon sheet might be used to detect antibiotic resistance quickly and simply by monitoring bacterial movement
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Ultrathin film delivers photoelectrons at high quantum efficiency
Single crystal of caesium antimonide could give electron microscopes and colliders a boost
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Schwinger effect seen in graphene
New observations enable researchers to mimic cosmic physics in the laboratory
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Listening to graphene yields clues to its structure
Acoustic signals produced during manufacturing provide real-time information about the form and quality of laser-induced graphene
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