The valleys of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) offer a new degree of freedom for information processing and have attracted tremendous interest for their possible applications ...

A team of researchers has identified a unique phenomenon, a "skin effect," in the nonlinear optical responses of antiferromagnetic materials. The research, published in Physical Review Letters, ...

Microscopic aspects of ferroelectricity are canonically related to polar atomic displacements that break inversion symmetry of the crystal, leading to a non-zero net electric dipole moment. However, ...

TROY, N.Y. -- Optoelectronic materials that are capable of converting the energy of light into electricity, and electricity into light, have promising applications as light-emitting, energy-harvesting ...

Breaking inversion symmetry in materials allows deviations from Ohm's law, enabling nonlinear effects that could drive future nano- and quantum-electronic devices. (Nanowerk News) The Nanodevices ...

Students working in UNF's LEGO (Layered Epitaxial Growth of Oxides) Lab. (Courtesy: University of North Florida) A team of researchers from the University of North Florida’s Atomic-LEGO laboratory ...

Redefining the repeating pattern in photonic crystals creates tightly confined pathways for light while preserving symmetry, offering a simple route to ultracompact and low loss light circuits.

A recent study demonstrates a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials simply by adjusting the twist angle between them. The researchers built devices consisting of monolayer graphene ...