Proteins unfold in chaotropic salt solutions, a process that is difficult to observe at the single
protein level. The work presented here demonstrates that a liquid-based atomic force …

Interlayer van der Waals interactions play an important role in two-dimensional (2D)
materials on various occasions. The interlayer binding force is often directly measured and …

Graphene, synthesized either epitaxially on silicon carbide or via chemical vapor deposition
(CVD) on a transition metal, is gathering an increasing amount of interest from industrial and …

We investigate the interfacial transport of water and hydrophobic solutes on van der Waals
bilayers and heterostructures formed by stacking graphene, hBN, and MoS2 using extensive …

Van der Waals interaction in multilayer structures was predicted to be of many-body
character, almost in parallel with the establishment of Lifshitz theory. However, the …

Ferromagnetic half-metallic materials with wide half-metallic gap, large magnetic anisotropy
energy, and high Curie temperature have attracted much attention for their potential …

Casimir torque between parallel plates, a macroscopic quantum electrodynamics effect, is
known to be induced by dielectric anisotropy and related to the rotational degree of freedom …

The modulation of electric fields by mono-or few-layer two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials
embodies a major challenge through vast technological areas, including 2D nanoscale …

In extreme environments, such as at ultrahigh or ultralow temperatures, the amount of tape
used should be minimal so as to reduce system contamination and unwanted residues …

Cohesive failure in the epoxy adhesive layers of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP)
joints is incomprehensible because the adhesion interface with almost no covalent bonds is …