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2D materials are widely seen as a promising path toward better computer chips. Researchers at TU Wien now show: some of these materials are unsuitable due to an underestimated effect. But there are alternatives

The devices represent a key step toward practical quantum sensing, with applications in biomedical sensing, materials characterization, and more.

Nanohole-induced confinement and charge neutralization deliver bright, stable quantum emission without electrical gating

Findings reveal how molecular defects can enhance light conversion efficiency

A Würzburg research team has achieved the world’s first experimental confirmation of the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) universality class in two-dimensional quantum systems. Using polaritons in a precisely engineered GaAs semiconductor cooled to near absolute zero, they tracked the nonlinear, random growth process in both space and time—proving the famous 1986 growth equation holds in 2D.

Rice University chemists led by Raúl Hernández Sánchez have enabled neodymium to bind dioxygen via pi interactions using a custom ligand “basket.” This breakthrough created rare, highly reactive lanthanide-oxo species, mimicking iron-oxo centers in biology. The advance could open new synthetic routes for high-value chemicals across f-block metals. (JACS)