For more than seven decades, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has been employed as an
inert, thermally stable engineering ceramic; since 2010, it has also been used as the optimal …

Tremendous progress in nanotechnology has enabled advances in the use of luminescent
nanomaterials in imaging, sensing and photonic devices. This translational process relies …

A plethora of single-photon emitters have been identified in the atomic layers of two-
dimensional van der Waals materials,,,,,,–. Here, we report on a set of isolated optical …

This report summarizes progress made in understanding properties such as zero-phonon-
line energies, emission and absorption polarizations, electron–phonon couplings, strain …

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 …

Discoveries in quantum materials, which are characterized by the strongly quantum-
mechanical nature of electrons and atoms, have revealed exotic properties that arise from …

Optically addressable spins associated with defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors are
versatile platforms for quantum information processing and nanoscale sensing, where spin …

Understanding the relations between the formation, structure, dynamics and functionality of
complex synthetic materials is one of the great challenges in chemistry and nanotechnology …

Layered materials are very attractive for studies of light–matter interactions at the nanoscale.
In particular, isolated quantum systems such as color centers and quantum dots embedded …

Two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride offers intriguing opportunities for advanced
studies of light–matter interaction at the nanoscale, specifically for realizations in quantum …