Magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials has recently emerged as
one of the most promising areas in condensed matter research, with many exciting emerging …

Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

The large and rapidly growing family of 2D early transition metal carbides, nitrides, and
carbonitrides (MXenes) raises significant interest in the materials science and chemistry of …

The isolation of graphene in 2004 from graphite was a defining moment for the “birth” of a
field: two-dimensional (2D) materials. In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing …

Graphene is composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional
(2D) honeycomb lattice. It is a fundamental building block for a range of well-known carbon …

We show that inversion symmetry breaking together with spin-orbit coupling leads to
coupled spin and valley physics in monolayers of MoS 2 and other group-VI …

A two-dimensional crystal of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) monolayer is a
photoluminescent direct gap semiconductor in striking contrast to its bulk counterpart …

Surface texturing and solid lubricants have demonstrated the ability to substantially reduce
friction and wear under dry conditions. In recent decades, these two technologies have been …

Graphene devices on standard SiO 2 substrates are highly disordered, exhibiting
characteristics that are far inferior to the expected intrinsic properties of graphene 1, 2, 3, 4 …

Since the first successful synthesis of graphene just over a decade ago, a variety of two-
dimensional (2D) materials (eg, transition metal-dichalcogenides, hexagonal boron-nitride …