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In situ mechanical testing and simulations unveil a reversible shuffle twinning mechanism enabled by bond switching, which gives rise to anisotropic tensile superelasticity in GeSe ceramics.

The interplay of correlated fermionic and bosonic states in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures has not been fully explored. Here the authors propose a twisted WSe₂/WS₂/WSe₂ trilayer as a platform to study hybrid correlated states and demonstrate a novel trion state with charge-layer-locked structure.

While SNAP25 is critical for neural electrical communication, its cardiac role is unknown. Here the authors show that it governs atrial electrical stability by directing Kv1.5 channel trafficking, with therapeutic implications for atrial fibrillation.

Yang and colleagues present a small-molecule inhibitor for ADAR1 and show that its use is therapeutically beneficial in the context of prostate cancer.

The manipulation of electronic states in quantum dots is important to control their properties for applications in electronics and spintronics. Shibata and colleagues achieve a large modulation of the energy level spacing in InAs quantum dots by using a liquid-gating technique.

Many two-dimensional materials exhibit isotropic properties, but anisotropy can extend the functionality of future devices. Here, the authors fabricate field-effect transistors from single and few-layer rhenium disulfide and observe an anisotropic ratio of three to one along the two principle axes

Studying quantum phase transitions at oxide interfaces provide a key to understand emergent two-dimensional (2D) superconductivity. Here, Chen et al. report comprehensive electronic phase diagram of the 2D electron system at the superconducting LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface with independent control of carrier density and disorder.

Two-dimensional (2D) bismuth oxyselenide crystals with suitable electronic band-gap and ultrahigh carrier mobility enable near-infrared photodetection. Here, the authors report an infrared photodetector based on 2D-bismuth oxyselenide with high responsivity, ultrafast photoresponse of ~ 1 ps at room temperature and a detectable frequency limit of up to 500 GHz.

The sodiation–desodiation properties of few-layer phosphorene are mostly preserved by sandwiching the material between graphene layers, a behaviour that makes phosphorene–graphene hybrids a potentially suitable anode material for sodium-ion batteries.

Few-layered, vertically aligned MoS₂ films can efficiently harvest visible light for photocatalytic water disinfection, allowing >99.999% bacteria to be rapidly inactivated.

In Bi₂O₂Se thin films, the local inversion-symmetry breaking in two sectors of the [Bi₂O₂]²⁺ layer yields opposite Rashba spin polarizations, which compensate each other and give rise to the hidden Rashba effect. Hence, the films exhibit only even-integer quantum Hall states, but there is no sign of odd-integer states.

How high the superconducting transition temperature can reach in single layer FeSe/SrTiO₃ films has been under debate. Here, the authors use Bogoliubov back-bending bands as a benchmark and demonstrate that superconductivity pairing can be realized up to 83 K in this system.

Protein phosphatases are central regulators of abscisic acid (ABA) signalling and stress responses in plants. Here, Wang et al. show that different splice variants of the phosphatase HAB1 antagonistically influence ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsisand propose that alternative splicing fine tunes ABA signalling.

Lattice stability related to the structural response is the basis for understanding mechanical and physical behavior of crystalline solids. Here, the authors show a manifestation of elastic instability in high-entropy alloys via elastic strain induced amorphization.

Mixed Sn-Pb perovskites have emerged as promising photovoltaic materials for both single- and multi-junction solar cells. Here, authors reveal the thermal degradation mechanism and incorporate carboranes for thermal regulation, resulting in stable all-perovskite tandems with efficiency of over 27%.

Controlling the properties of transition metal chalcogenides enables the study of new condensed-matter phenomena and the development of potential applications. Here, the authors continuously tune the crystal and electronic structure of molybdenum diselenide away from the pristine state using pressure.

This work offers a convenient method (solvent-assisted dispersion) for assembling liquid metals with MXene and other low-dimensional materials, paving a path for the development of multifunctional soft devices.

Superionic fluoride dielectrics with a low ion migration barrier are capable of excellent capacitive coupling and are highly compatible with scalable device manufacturing processes for integrated electronics.

The authors generate the Berry curvature dipole and valley-coupled spin photocurrent via interfacial symmetry engineering at the WSe₂/SiP heterostructure, and can electrically tune such nonlinear optoelectronic phenomena via the gate bias.

More than 80% of vegetation burned globally regained its pre-fire level of productivity within 2 years, according to an assessment of post-fire vegetation productivity from 2004 to 2021.

Here, the authors demonstrate that a layered anisotropic dielectric material, SiP₂, can break the rotational symmetry of 2D MoS₂, leading to linearly polarized photoluminescence emission and conductance anisotropy ratios up to 1000 in gated SiP₂/MoS₂ heterostructures.

Intercalation of copper and cobalt atoms into n-type SnS₂ enables seamless integration of metal, and n- and p-type semiconductors in one parent 2D material.

The magnetic anisotropy of the van der Waals ferromagnet Fe₅GeTe₂ can be continuously tuned—from an initial out-of-plane orientation to a canted orientation and then finally to an in-plane orientation—using electrical gating.

A blue shift in the surface plasmon resonance of an indium tin oxide layer is observed—and electrically tuned—where a classical description would predict a red shift.

Air-stable, non-encapsulated Bi₂O₂Se ultrathin films grown by chemical vapour deposition display high electron mobility and exceptional semiconducting transport properties, making the observation of quantum oscillations possible and suggesting potential applications in electronics.

Ordered oxygen complexes in high-entropy alloys enhance both strength and ductility in these compositionally complex solid solutions.

Four-dimensional (4D) printing of shape memory polymer (SMP) imparts time responsive properties to 3D structures. Here, the authors explore 4D printing of a SMP in the submicron length scale, extending its applications to nanophononics.

Fluctuation of the cation valence state plays a crucial role in emergent quantum phenomena in correlated electron systems. Here, the authors demonstrate a valence-fluctuation-driven insulator-to-superconductor transition in the van der Waals insulator GeP as a function of hydrostatic pressure.

Distinct electronic and optical properties emerge from quantum confinement in low-dimensional materials. Here, combining optical characterization and ab initio calculations, the authors report an unconventional excitonic state and bound phonon sideband in layered silicon diphosphide.

Atomically sharp interfaces in van der Waals heterostructures enable the realization of ultrafast non-volatile memory devices.

Van der Waals magnetic materials (vdWs) have allowed for the exploration of the two dimensional limit of magnetism, however, most vdWs are only magnetic at low temperature. Herein, the authors overcome this limitation, observing room temperature magnetic ordering in Cobalt doped graphene-like Zinc-Oxide.

Many complex oxides already have rich functional behavior but oxide heterostructures can exhibit new emergent properties. Yi et al. show that LSMO/SIO superlattices have a reversible electric-field-controlled structural phase transition that is not present in the constituent materials.

A spin- and valley-polarized photocurrent is generated, in an electric double-layer transistor, with a direction and magnitude that depends on the degree of circular polarization of the incident radiation and on an external electric field.

The anisotropic optical properties of black phosphorus can be exploited to fabricate photodetectors with linear dichroism operating over a broad spectral range.

A magnetic field can lift the spin degeneracy of electrons. This Zeeman effect is an important route to generating the spin polarization required for spintronics. It is now shown that such polarization can also be achieved without the need for magnetism. The unique crystal symmetry of tungsten selenide creates a Zeeman-like effect when a monolayer of the material is exposed to an external electric field.

Eye lens cells are highly enriched in cholesterol that sustains lens transparency, and disruption of cholesterol biosynthesis leads to cataracts. The authors show that cholesterol biosynthesis regulated by Qki is essential for maintenance of membrane integrity of lens cells and proper protein folding.