The discovery and control of new phases of matter is a central endeavour in materials
research. The emergence of atomically thin 2D materials, such as transition-metal …

Triggered by the growing needs of developing semiconductor devices at ever‐decreasing
scales, strain engineering of 2D materials has recently seen a surge of interest. The goal of …

Electrochemical water splitting driven by sustainable energy such as solar, wind, and tide is
attracting ever‐increasing attention for sustainable production of clean hydrogen fuel from …

The sp2 nature of graphene endows the hexagonal lattice with very high theoretical
stiffness, strength and resilience, all well-documented. However, the ultimate stretchability of …

Remote epitaxy is an emerging technology for producing single-crystalline, free-standing
thin films and structures. The method uses 2D van der Waals materials as semi-transparent …

Two-dimensional (2D) ferroics, namely ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and ferroelastic
materials, are attracting rising interest due to their fascinating physical properties and …

We demonstrate the continuous and reversible tuning of the optical band gap of suspended
monolayer MoS2 membranes by as much as 500 meV by applying very large biaxial strains …

Diamond is not only the hardest material in nature, but is also an extreme electronic material
with an ultrawide bandgap, exceptional carrier mobilities, and thermal conductivity. Straining …

A new scientific frontier opened in 2009 with the start of operations of the world's first x-ray
free-electron laser (FEL), the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), at SLAC National …

Extreme stresses can be produced in nanoscale structures; this feature has been used to
realize enhanced materials properties, such as the high mobility of silicon in modern …