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 …

In the last two decades, network science has blossomed and influenced various fields, such
as statistical physics, computer science, biology and sociology, from the perspective of the …

Water in nanoscale cavities is ubiquitous and of central importance to everyday phenomena
in geology and biology. However, the properties of nanoscale water can be substantially …

The distinctive electronic structure found at interfaces between materials can allow
unconventional quantum states to emerge. Here we report on the discovery of …

The past decade has witnessed dramatic progress related to various aspects of emergent
topological polar textures in oxide nanostructures displaying vortices, skyrmions, merons …

We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

Dynamic relaxation is an intrinsic and universal feature of glasses and enables fluctuation
and dissipation to occur, which induces plentiful behaviour, maintains equilibrium, and …

Recent advances in materials fabrication have enabled the manufacturing of ordered 2D
electron systems, such as heterogeneous interfaces, atomic layers grown by molecular …

Over the last several years, there has been tremendous progress in the development of
nanoscale halide perovskite materials and devices that possess a wide range of band gaps …

The introduction of engineered resonance phenomena on surfaces has opened a new
frontier in surface science and technology. Pillared phononic crystals, metamaterials, and …