Researchers have demonstrated the ability to use van der Waals forces to tune the physical and electronic properties of ferroelectric thin films. The work opens the door to new techniques for ...

Van der Waals epitaxy is an approach to crystalline growth that exploits weak, non-covalent interactions between layers to bypass the constraints of lattice mismatch. By depositing two-dimensional (2D ...

Finding new materials with useful properties is a primary goal for materials scientists, and it's central to improving technology. One exciting area of current research is 2D materials—super-thin ...

Researchers created a predictive method to identify 2D materials with ferroelectric and magnetic properties, uncovering 83 candidates for advanced electronics. (Nanowerk News) Finding new materials ...