As the first in a large family of 2D van der Waals (vdW) materials, graphene has attracted
enormous attention owing to its remarkable properties. The recent development of simple …

Single photon quantum emitters are important building blocks of optical quantum
technologies. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), an atomically thin wide band gap two …

van der Waals heterostructures assembled from atomically thin crystalline layers of diverse
two-dimensional solids are emerging as a new paradigm in the physics of materials. We …

Applications of quantum science to computing, cryptography, and imaging are on their way
to becoming key next-generation technologies. Owing to the high-speed transmission and …

Thin and lightweight radiative cooling paints are needed for many weight-sensitive
applications. However, it is difficult to achieve high solar reflectance with thin layers. This …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have shown outstanding properties that make them the
materials of choice for future semiconductor and flexible nanoelectronics. Hexagonal boron …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials and their in-plane and out-of-plane (ie, van der Waals,
vdW) heterostructures are promising building blocks for next-generation electronic and …

Optical driving of materials has emerged as a versatile tool to control their properties, with
photo-induced superconductivity being among the most fascinating examples. In this work …

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has recently gained a strong interest as a strategic
component in engineering van der Waals heterostructures built with 2D crystals such as …

We report polarization-resolved resonant reflection spectroscopy of a charge-tunable
atomically thin valley semiconductor hosting tightly bound excitons coupled to a dilute …