Ultrathin bismuthene islands on graphite slide freely in one direction and pause unpredictably, revealing new ways to control friction in nanoscale materials. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Friction at small ...

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Van der Waals forces, once deemed too weak for structural integrity, have been shown to create stable, highly porous frameworks with exceptional thermal resilience and reversible assembly, paving the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Advances in semiconductor technology have reached a critical turning point. Silicon-based transistor technology, central to electronics, faces increasing limitations due to the ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

A groundbreaking study on van der Waals (vdW) epitaxy has introduced new possibilities in the production of wafer-scale, single-crystal molecular films, addressing a longstanding challenge in ...

In general, when you measure material properties such as optical permittivity, your measurement doesn’t depend on the direction in which you make it. However, recent research has shown that this is ...