In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.
New research validates theoretical models about how elasticity is scale-dependent - in other words, the elastic properties of a material are not constant, but vary with the size of the piece of material.
Researchers demonstrate scalable integration of graphene and GaN devices using van der Waals forces, enabling high-performance CMOS-compatible electronics.
Researchers discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even one-dimensional bands by adjusting the twist angle between layers, and they can drastically alter the physical properties of the material.
Squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can turn it from a semiconductor into a metal, superconductor or insulator.