Layered materials are taking centre stage in the ever-increasing research effort to develop
material platforms for quantum technologies. We are at the dawn of the era of layered …

Due to the constraints imposed by physical effects and performance degradation, silicon-
based chip technology is facing certain limitations in sustaining the advancement of Moore's …

Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently emerged as promising
candidates for a new wave of quantum applications. Thanks to hBN's high stability and two …

Electron spins in van der Waals materials are playing a crucial role in recent advances in
condensed-matter physics and spintronics. However, nuclear spins in van der Waals …

Solid-state spin sensors have the capacity to act as quantum microscopes for probing
material properties and physical processes. However, so far, these tools have relied on …

Emergent color centers with accessible spins hosted by van der Waals materials have
attracted substantial interest in recent years due to their significant potential for …

Spin defects in foils of hexagonal boron nitride are an attractive platform for magnetic field
imaging, since the probe can be placed in close proximity to the target. However, as a III-V …

Hexagonal boron nitride is not only a promising functional material for the development of
two-dimensional optoelectronic devices but also a good candidate for quantum sensing …

Quantum emitters have become a vital tool for both fundamental science and emerging
technologies. In recent years, the focus in the field has shifted to exploration and …

High-contrast optically detected magnetic resonance is a valuable property for reading out
the spin of isolated defect colour centres at room temperature. Spin-active single defect …