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Papers, preprints and press stories about 2D materials, collected automatically from 137 feeds and tagged by audience, material and topic. The tags come from keyword rules, so a few of them will be wrong.

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  2. Graphene479 items
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  8. Growth and synthesis488 items
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  11. Magnetism260 items
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October 2026

Journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Interface-Programmed Growth of High-Aspect-Ratio 1D Ni–MOF Nanofibers on MXene for Wearable Enzyme-Free Glucose Sensing

Noninvasive wearable glucose sensors capable of real-time sweat analysis offer a less discomforting alternative for long-term monitoring in patients with diabetes. However, practical implementation remains challenging. Major barriers include insufficient catalytic sensitivity to quantify the low glucose levels in…

EngineeringMXenes

In the glossary: Sensor, MXene, Photocatalysis and electrocatalysis

Journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Janus-Structured Composites for Energy Harvesting, Thermal Management, and Superior Triboelectric Output Performance

The intensifying global energy crisis and the steady advancement of the dual-carbon strategy have imposed increasingly stringent requirements on zero-energy temperature control technologies and renewable energy utilization systems across domains, such as building energy conservation, flexible electronics, and sensing.…

EngineeringMXenes

In the glossary: Thermal conductivity, Janus 2D material, Composites and coatings

Journal ACS Nano

Millimeter-Scale, Atomically Controlled 2D Topological Insulators Revealed by Multimodal Spectroscopy

Quantum spin Hall insulators, also known as 2D topological insulators, are crucial 2D systems hosting topologically protected edge states. The working temperature of this topological quantum phase is dictated by the inverted bandgap. However, the previously identified large-gap 2D topological insulators are either…

In the glossary: Topological insulator, Topological phase, Exfoliation

Journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polymer Coating Adhesion Drives Functional and Biological Outcomes in Meniscus Implants

Achieving stable integration of drug-releasing polymer coatings with load-bearing meniscus implants remains a challenge in biomaterials engineering. In this study, four surface modification strategies, femtosecond-pulsed laser treatment, oxygen plasma, polydopamine, and an ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate (ECA) interlayer, were…

ExperimentEngineering

In the glossary: Composites and coatings, Pump–probe spectroscopy

Journal Physical Review B

Orbital-selective engineering of strain-tunable Chern insulators in momentum space

Unlike conventional approaches where topological order is statically fixed, we demonstrate that biaxial strain can independently modulate topological order and functional responses in a Tc-adsorbed penta-hexa-silicene monolayer. Combining first-principles calculations and tight-binding models, we es… [Phys. Rev. B 114…

TheorySilicene

In the glossary: Chern number, Strain, Tight-binding model

Journal Science Advances

Observation of electrically generated polaron-polaritons in a monolayer MoSe2 microcavity

Quasiparticles arising from the interaction between mobile impurities and a quantum many-body environment—known as polarons—play a pivotal role in shaping the optical and electronic properties of low-dimensional systems. Here, we report the direct observation of electrically generated polaron-polaritons within a…

TheoryMoSe₂

In the glossary: Polaron, Polariton, Quasiparticle

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Resolving the interfacial mechanical landscape of monolayer NbSe2 grown by confined epitaxy

Confined epitaxy has recently emerged as a novel methodology for controlled growth of high-quality monolayer two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, mechanistic understanding remains limited to analysing nucleus adsorption and diffusion barriers. Here, I discover that van der Waals (vdW) confinement not only affects…

In the glossary: Epitaxy, Two-dimensional (2D) material, Substrate

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Displacement-Field-Induced Ionization of Defect States in High-Quality hBN

Encapsulation of two-dimensional (2D) materials with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used to fabricate ultraclean van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures for optoelectronic and quantum transport studies. These devices are often operated under strong out-of-plane displacement fields that tune the electronic…

TheoryExperimentGraphenehBN

In the glossary: Gating, Encapsulation, Charge transfer

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Symmetry-Dependent Polarity Reversal of Bulk Spin-Orbit Torque in Single-Layer MnCoGa

Controlling the magnitude and polarity of spin-orbit torque (SOT) is essential for manipulating magnetization in spintronic devices. Here, we realize bulk spin-orbit torque (SOT) in a single-layer Mn1.6Co1.4Ga (MCG) Heusler alloy and achieve lattice strain-controlled reversal of SOT polarity. SOT-driven magnetization…

Theory

In the glossary: Spintronics, Space group and crystal system, Alloy and solid solution

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Band Tail States: Speed Bump or End of the Road for Two-Dimensional Semiconductors?

We propose that the path to realizing the full potential of two-dimensional (2D) electronics lies in understanding and mastering their energy band tail states (BTS). Unlike silicon, which benefits from sharp band edges (Urbach energy EU ~ 10 meV), today's monolayer 2D semiconductors have rough band edges (EU ~ 100 meV)…

Theory

In the glossary: Semiconductor, Charge carrier mobility, FET

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Hierarchical Relaxation in Large-twist-angle Moire Drives Supermoire Formation

Supermoire lattices in large-angle twisted bilayers have recently been shown to emerge from periodic arrangements of commensurate stacking motifs, yet the microscopic structural mechanism governing their formation has remained unresolved. Here, we uncover the microscopic origin of supermoire order as a hierarchical…

Theory

In the glossary: Magic angle, Commensurate and incommensurate, Moiré superlattice

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Photoinduced Odd- and Mixed-Parity Magnetism in Collinear Antiferromagnets

Altermagnetism, characterized by compensated collinear magnetic moments in real space and momentum-dependent spin splitting with even-parity symmetry, has recently emerged as a distinct form of magnetic order beyond the conventional ferro- and antiferromagnetic paradigms. However, realizing odd- and mixed-parity…

Theory

In the glossary: Ferromagnet and antiferromagnet, Altermagnet, Strain

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Cooper Instability of a Magnetic Wigner Crystal

Recent scanning tunneling microscopy has directly imaged electronic crystals in rhombohedral hexalayer graphene, and magnetotransport measurements suggest that superconductivity and charge-density-wave order emerge from a common spin-valley-polarized ferromagnetic metal at nearby carrier densities. Motivated by these…

TheoryExperimentGraphene

In the glossary: Wigner crystal, CDW, Bernal and rhombohedral stacking

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Quantum simulation of material-specific Hubbard models with alkaline-earth atoms

A long-term goal of quantum simulation is to faithfully reproduce the low-energy Hamiltonians of correlated quantum materials, establishing a direct connection between solid-state experiment, electronic-structure theory, and programmable many-body systems. Here, we introduce an integrated quantum-simulation…

Theory

In the glossary: Strong electron correlation, Band structure

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Local polarization control of optical tweezer arrays

Optical tweezer arrays trapping ultracold atoms and molecules are a versatile quantum science platform with broad impact in quantum simulation, quantum computation, and quantum metrology. The polarization dependence of anisotropic vector and tensor light shifts offers a degree of freedom for precise quantum state…

In the glossary: Anisotropy

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Three-dimensional dopant distribution from a single, out-of-focus spectroscopic image

Increasing miniaturization of nanoscale devices makes determining the three-dimensional distribution of dopants increasingly important. In out-of-focus spectroscopic scanning transmission electron microscopy images, we show that dopant atoms appear as disks with radii relating to dopant depth, allowing the…

ExperimentGraphene

In the glossary: TEM

Journal Nano Letters

Ordered MoS2 Nanochannels Regulated by CNT for Conformation-Dependent Sieving in High-Salinity Organic Wastewater

The rapid expansion of the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries has escalated the discharge of high-salinity organic wastewater, which contains complex solutes and biotoxic antibiotics that are difficult to treat conventionally due to their high osmotic pressure and environmental persistence. Here, we developed…

EngineeringMoS₂

In the glossary: 2D membrane, Composites and coatings, Nanosheet

News Graphene-Info

Graphene sensors read stroke damage from the shape of brain electrical waves

Researchers at the University of Manchester, the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and Multi Channel Systems (Germany) have used graphene micro-transistor arrays to map how brain tissue is faring during an ischemic stroke. The…

EveryoneEngineeringGraphene

In the glossary: Sensor, FET

Journal Nanotechnology (IOP)

Portable laser-induced graphene sensor for trace picric acid detection in water

A portable electrochemical sensor based on laser-induced graphene (LIG) electrodes modified with graphene/PEDOT:PSS [Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate] hybrid ink is developed for the trace-level detection of picric acid in water. The structural and compositional characterization of the LIG is…

ExperimentEngineeringGraphene

In the glossary: Sensor, Dispersions and inks, TEM

Journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

PAN/PI-Derived Carbon Nanofibrous Membranes with MXene-Assisted Contact Modulation for Heat-Resistant Piezoresistive Sensing and Thermal Warning Response

Flexible piezoresistive sensors for protective textiles should maintain pressure-responsive conductivity after thermal exposure, whereas many polymer-based sensing layers soften, degrade, or lose signal output under heat. Herein, we report a self-supporting PAN/PI-derived carbon nanofibrous membrane with MXene-assisted…

EngineeringMXenes

In the glossary: 2D membrane, Sensor, MXene

Journal Nano Letters

All-Optical Control of Interfacial Polarization in MoS2/WSe2 Heterobilayers

All-optical tuning of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures with coherent radiation offers a powerful strategy for manipulating interfacial electronic properties on femtosecond time scales. Using real-time time-dependent density functional theory, we predict a transient out-of-plane polarization in MoS2/WSe2…

In the glossary: Van der Waals heterostructure, Band alignment, Van der Waals gap

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Theory of the CHS− Defect in MoS2 Confirming the Origin of the Quantum Emission

Establishing the microscopic origin of localized emission in two-dimensional materials through consistent agreement between experiment and theory remains challenging. Recent STM/STS-STML measurements assigned an emission near 1.8 eV in monolayer MoS2/hBN(2L)/graphene to the negatively charged CHS− defect. However, a…

In the glossary: Quantum emitter, Electron–phonon coupling, STM

Journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Chip-Scale Plasma-Sulfurized Nanocrystalline MoS2-Graphene Heterostructure-Based Optoelectronic Synaptic Transistor

Optoelectronic synaptic devices based on 2D van der Waals (vdW) materials are very promising for next-generation, energy-efficient data processing and sensing; however, flake-based fabrication limits their practical application. Here, scalable inductively coupled plasma-sulfurized nanocrystalline MoS2 (nc-MoS2) and…

EngineeringGrapheneMoS₂

In the glossary: FET, Van der Waals heterostructure, Grain boundary

Journal Advanced Materials

Bridging In‐Plane Order to Macroscopic Isotropic Ultralight MXene–Graphene Aerogels

Precise nanosheet organization across length scales remains a challenge in translating the intrinsic properties of two‐dimensional (2D) materials into macroscopic porous architectures. Extending in‐plane nanosheet order to long‐range, three‐dimensional (3D) frameworks without structural collapse has been elusive. Here…

ExperimentGrapheneMXenes

In the glossary: MXene, Two-dimensional (2D) material, Nanosheet

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Emergent gold-induced interfacial magnetism in monolayer FePS3

Owing to their atomically clean interfaces and extreme thinness, two-dimensional (2D) materials are ideal hosts for strong proximity effects, whereby contact with an adjacent material reshapes their ground state. Here, we demonstrate such an effect within a hybrid heterostructure, between the 2D antiferromagnet FePS3…

ExperimentMPS₃

In the glossary: Linear and circular dichroism, Proximity effect, Exfoliation

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Tunable Ultrastrong Magnon-Magnon Coupling and Squeezed States in a Triaxial Van der Waals Antiferromagnet

Achieving and quantifying ultrastrong magnon-magnon coupling (USC) remains a key challenge for quantum magnonics. Here, we demonstrate widely tunable USC between chiral (right- and left-handed) and acoustic or optical magnon modes in the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrPS4. Using a full quantum model, we decompose the…

TheoryCrPS₄

In the glossary: Magnon, Ferromagnet and antiferromagnet, Chirality

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Probing Lz Orbital Angular Momentum via Wavefunction-Interference-Induced Charge Order

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) characterization is central to understanding quantum materials such as valley Hall and Rashba systems and, through its connection to Berry curvature, provides key insight into band topology. Conventional OAM detection via photoemission dichroism, however, is susceptible to interference…

ExperimentTheory

In the glossary: CDW, Linear and circular dichroism, Density of states

Journal Nano Letters

Banana-Slice-Shaped Platinum-Based Nanosheets with Dual Phototherapeutic Functions for NIR Photothermal Tumor Therapy

Controllable synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) platinum (Pt)-based nanomaterials with high photothermal conversion property for near-infrared (NIR) photothermal tumor therapy (PTT) is highly desired yet challenging. Herein, we report iodide (I–)-engineered Pt-antimony nanosheets (PtSbI NSs) with an ultrathin…

Experiment

In the glossary: Nanosheet, Photocatalysis and electrocatalysis

Journal Physical Review Materials

Nonmonotonic hydration dependence of ionic transport in atomically thin MnO2 sheets

The interlamellar space in van der Waals materials has served as a test bed for studies of strongly confined fluid and ion transport. Despite theoretical and experimental progress, it remains unclear how electrostatic correlations arising from interactions between the confined, hydrated ions and the… [Phys. Rev.…

Theory
Journal Physical Review B

Coexistence of spontaneously polarized layer Hall effect and quantum anomalous Hall effect in noncompensated antiferromagnetic heterostructures

The layer Hall effect is usually revealed by applying out-of-plane electric fields and electrostatic gating in fully compensated A-type antiferromagnetic layered systems. Here, we theoretically demonstrate that the bilayer system of noncompensated A-type antiferromagnetic ${\mathrm{MnBi}}_{2}{\mathr… [Phys. Rev. B 114…

Theory

In the glossary: Chern number, Hall effect, Van der Waals heterostructure

Journal Physical Review B

Phase-dependent electronic structure of two-dimensional Ag layers at the graphene/SiC interface

Intercalation at the graphene/SiC interface provides a controlled route to stabilize atomically thin layers with properties distinct from their bulk counterparts. In this platform, the structure and stability of the intercalated phase depend sensitively on the defect landscape of the starting substr… [Phys. Rev. B 114…

TheoryGraphene

In the glossary: Band structure, Intercalation

Preprintnot yet peer reviewed arXiv

Effects of chlorine substitution on the magneto-optical properties of CrSBr

We present a systematic study of the effects of chlorine substitution on the magneto-optical properties of the van der Waals layered semiconductor CrSBr. Our study shows that even at substitution level of x=56% the CrSBr1−xClx material exhibits qualitatively the same clear magneto-optical coupling that was observed in…

ExperimentCrSBr

In the glossary: MOKE, Semiconductor

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Journals · 40

  • Physical Review B72
  • Small49
  • Advanced Functional Materials36
  • Advanced Materials34
  • Carbon33
  • Nano Letters29
  • 2D Materials (IOP)24
  • Nature: Graphene22
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces20
  • Nature: Two-dimensional materials19
  • npj 2D Materials and Applications18
  • ACS Nano13
  • Physical Review Letters13
  • Physical Review Materials13
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C11
  • Nanotechnology (IOP)11
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces9
  • Nanoscale9
  • Nature Communications9
  • Physical Review X9
  • Chemistry of Materials8
  • Advanced Electronic Materials7
  • Matter7
  • Nature Materials5
  • Science Advances5
  • Materials Horizons4
  • Nature4
  • Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter3
  • Nature Nanotechnology3
  • Nature Physics3
  • Physical Review Applied3
  • Advanced Optical Materials2
  • Journal of Physics: Materials2
  • Materials Today2
  • Nano Today2
  • Nature Electronics2
  • npj Computational Materials2
  • APS Physics Magazine1
  • InfoMat1
  • Nature Reviews Materials1

arXiv categories and searches · 78

  • arXiv cond-mat.mes-hall70
  • arXiv search: TMDC monolayers50
  • arXiv cond-mat.mtrl-sci46
  • arXiv search: Moiré & twistronics45
  • arXiv search: 2D magnetism42
  • arXiv search: Janus monolayers35
  • arXiv search: Machine learning for 2D materials32
  • arXiv search: MXenes31
  • arXiv search: 2D devices & applied physics30
  • arXiv search: Elemental 2D (Xenes)29
  • arXiv search: 2D superconductivity theory28
  • arXiv search: Excitons in 2D28
  • arXiv search: Graphene integrated photonics27
  • arXiv search: Sliding and 2D ferroelectricity27
  • arXiv search: 2D growth & synthesis25
  • arXiv search: GW–BSE and excitons in 2D25
  • arXiv search: ARPES of 2D materials24
  • arXiv search: Moiré correlated phases24
  • arXiv search: Defects and emitters from first principles23
  • arXiv search: Transfer and heterostructure assembly23
  • arXiv search: Fractional Chern insulators22
  • arXiv search: hBN quantum emitters22
  • arXiv search: Topology in 2D21
  • arXiv search: MBE of layered materials20
  • arXiv search: Electron–phonon and mobility19
  • arXiv search: 2D transistors and contacts18
  • arXiv search: Magnetic topological insulators18
  • arXiv search: Magneto-optics of 2D magnets17
  • arXiv search: Raman and photoluminescence17
  • arXiv search: Wafer-scale 2D materials16
  • arXiv search: Layered oxyhalides14
  • arXiv search: Thin iron chalcogenide superconductors14
  • arXiv search: Transition-metal trihalides14
  • arXiv cond-mat.str-el13
  • arXiv physics.optics12
  • arXiv search: Reliability of 2D devices12
  • arXiv search: Transition-metal dihalides12
  • arXiv search: Copper thiophosphate ferroelectrics11
  • arXiv search: Kagome metals AV₃Sb₅11
  • arXiv search: Titanium, zirconium and hafnium dichalcogenides11
  • arXiv search: Vanadium and chromium dichalcogenides11
  • arXiv search: Bulk crystal growth (CVT, flux)9
  • arXiv search: Weyl and Dirac semimetal tellurides9
  • arXiv search: Chalcohalides8
  • arXiv search: Rare-earth tritellurides8
  • arXiv search: 2D membranes and nanofluidics7
  • arXiv search: 2D memristors and neuromorphic hardware7
  • arXiv search: Chromium thiophosphate7
  • arXiv search: CMOS integration, back end of line and monolithic 3D7
  • arXiv search: CVD and MOCVD growth7
  • arXiv search: In₂Se₃ ferroelectric semiconductor7
  • arXiv search: Electride Ca₂N6
  • arXiv search: Layered metal iodides PbI₂ and BiI₃6
  • arXiv search: Tantalum nickel selenide6
  • arXiv search: Antimony chalcogenides5
  • arXiv search: Bismuth halide chains Bi₄Br₄5
  • arXiv search: Breathing-kagome niobium halides5
  • arXiv search: Kitaev magnets5
  • arXiv search: Quasi-one-dimensional trichalcogenides5
  • arXiv search: Tin monoxide5
  • arXiv search: Trigonal PtBi₂5
  • arXiv search: Contact engineering4
  • arXiv search: Electron microscopy of defects4
  • arXiv search: Mithrene and metal-organic chalcogenolates4
  • arXiv search: Van der Waals heavy fermion CeSiI3
  • arXiv cond-mat.other2
  • arXiv cond-mat.supr-con2
  • arXiv physics.app-ph2
  • arXiv search: Bismuth oxyselenide2
  • arXiv search: Colossal magnetoresistance ferrimagnet Mn₃Si₂Te₆2
  • arXiv search: Magnetic topological insulator EuSn₂As₂2
  • arXiv search: 2D transistors (applied physics)1
  • arXiv search: Bismuth oxyhalides0
  • arXiv search: Chalcohalide chains SbSI and BiSI0
  • arXiv search: Group IV-V layered semiconductors0
  • arXiv search: MoSi₂N₄ and the MA₂Z₄ family0
  • arXiv search: Nitride halides ZrNCl and HfNCl0
  • arXiv search: Nodal-line superconductor PbTaSe₂0

Science-news outlets · 19

  • Graphene-Info38
  • Phys.org Graphene26
  • Phys.org Nanomaterials19
  • ScienceDaily Graphene10
  • Phys.org Condensed Matter7
  • Semiconductor Engineering5
  • TechXplore — Semiconductors4
  • AZoNano3
  • IEEE Spectrum — Semiconductors3
  • ScienceDaily Nanotechnology2
  • Physics World1
  • eeNews Europe0
  • Electronics Weekly0
  • IEEE Spectrum — Nanoclast0
  • MIT News — Materials Science0
  • New Scientist — Physics0
  • Phys.org Nanotechnology0
  • Science News0
  • ScienceDaily Materials Science0