Different stacks in 2D van der Waals materials affected by this phenomenon, dubbed "sliding ferroelectricity," are related by ...

Two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures (2D vdW HSs) can be constructed by stacking different 2D materials together in nearly endless ways, and have significantly enriched the 2D materials ...

More information: Maciej Da̧browski et al, Ultrafast thermo-optical control of spins in a 2D van der Waals semiconductor, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58065-1 Provided by ...

A class of 2D magnetic materials -- known as van der Waals materials -- may offer one of the most ambitious platforms yet to understand and control phases of matter at the nanoscale. Two ...

In the nanometer range (billionth of a meter), interactions occur between light and matter that do not happen on larger ...

A UNSW paper published recently in Nature Reviews Materials presents an exciting overview of the emerging field of 2D ferroelectric materials with layered van der Waals crystal structures ...

A research team at the University of Wyoming created an innovative method to control tiny magnetic states within ultrathin, two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals magnets -- a process akin to how flipping ...

“The material belongs to a special class of 2D materials known as van der Waals ferroelectrics, whose properties could serve to design next-generation, ultra-thin data storage devices and sensors,” ...