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

Molecular-scale manipulation of electronic and ionic charge accumulation in materials is the
backbone of electrochemical energy storage,,–. Layered van der Waals (vdW) crystals are a …

Recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) boron polymorphs, collectively tagged
borophene, are all metallic with high free charge carrier concentration, pointing toward the …

Predictive modeling of two-dimensional (2D) materials is at the crossroad of two current
rapidly growing interests: 2D materials per se, massively sought after and explored in …

The past decade has witnessed numerous discoveries of two-dimensional (2D) semimetals
and insulators, whereas 2D metals were rarely identified. Borophene, a monolayer boron …

Transition metal dichalcogenides have been the primary materials of interest in the field of
valleytronics for their potential in information storage, yet the limiting factor has been …

Meta-surfaces constructed of patterned graphene nanoribbons on dielectric substrates have
enabled in-plane propagation of surface plasmons with hyperbolic dispersion. However, the …

Plasmons in strongly correlated systems are attracting considerable attention due to their
unconventional behavior caused by electronic correlation effects. Recently, flat plasmons …

Studies of topological semimetals have revealed spectacular transport phenomena
spanning extreme magnetoresistance effects and ultrahigh mobilities. As phonon dynamics …

Simple plasmonic multilayers are found to perfectly trap electromagnetic waves around
specific incidence directions, regardless of the sample thickness. Such a counterintuitive …