Their journey was much shorter and ended much better than the journey a typical paper goes through before getting published

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Tha'ts what scientists want too. We need AI that makes sure you don't break the dishes (or centrifuge)

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Honored and grateful to be named on the @clarivateag.bsky.social #HighlyCited2025list. Big thank you to students, postdocs and collaborators as well as everybody who cited our papers and supported our work!

Big thank you to the group and collaborators: Jamie M. Fitzgerald and Ermin Malic for theoretical modeling; Takashi Taniguchi and Kenji Watanabe from NIMS Japan as well as @erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch and @ITN_2Exciting, financed by the EU and coordinated by @thomasheine.bsky.social.

The Q factor is still on the low side due to the presence of graphene electrodes but they allow us electrical tuning of the cavity coupling. Most surprisingly, we see a simultaneous enhancement of BOTH emission intensity and lifetime.

We have published a new paper in @natnano.nature.com by @EdoardoLopriore @FedeleTagarelli et al. We have integrated vdW heterostructures hosting interlayer excitons with a monolithic Fabry–Perot cavity. @EPFLEngineering @materials-epfl.bsky.social

Not surprised at all.

Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect - Nature Nanotechnology This work advances excitonic optoelectronics by demonstrating electrically tunable cavity coupling of interlayer excitons in a van der Waals heterobilayer. Through electrostatic control, a 5-fold incr...

New paper online:

Enhancing interlayer exciton dynamics by coupling with monolithic cavities via the field-induced Stark effect.

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Vacancy formation energy as a descriptor of the exfoliability of MAX phases to MXenes npj 2D Materials and Applications - Vacancy formation energy as a descriptor of the exfoliability of MAX phases to MXenes

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Malik et al. show that vacancy formation energies act as a reliable descriptor for MXene exfoliation, enabling prediction of 7 new stable MXenes and highlighting the need for non-HF etchants at higher pH. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Stacking-dependent topological electronic structures in honeycomb-kagome heterolayers npj 2D Materials and Applications - Stacking-dependent topological electronic structures in honeycomb-kagome heterolayers

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Bark et al. uncover a higher-order topological phase in hexagonal honeycomb-kagome lattices via Γ-point band inversion, enabling tunable network bands in twisted or mismatched moiré heterostructures. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Interface trap states induced underestimation of Schottky barrier height in metal-MX2 junctions npj 2D Materials and Applications - Interface trap states induced underestimation of Schottky barrier height in metal-MX2 junctions

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Jawa et al. show using TCAD simulations that Schottky barrier heights in TMD FETs appear lower than they are due to trap-induced artifacts in standard extraction.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Printing ultrathin Quasi-2D Ga2O3 for fast yet highly responsive vertical photodetectors npj 2D Materials and Applications - Printing ultrathin Quasi-2D Ga2O3 for fast yet highly responsive vertical photodetectors

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Li et al. built quasi-2D Ga₂O₃ UV photodetectors using a liquid metal printing method with a 1.2 μs response, rivaling commercial technology.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Low-temperature graphitization by amine-assisted combustion of graphite oxide npj 2D Materials and Applications - Low-temperature graphitization by amine-assisted combustion of graphite oxide

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Oluwole et al. report a combustion reaction of GO and amino acids, resulting in highly graphitized, N-doped graphene inks—printable on plastic to make chipless RFID tags readable at 3.986 GHz from 28 mm.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Experimental and theoretical band alignment study of MPS3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) for designing tailored 2D heterostructures npj 2D Materials and Applications - Experimental and theoretical band alignment study of MPS3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) for designing tailored 2D heterostructures

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Majchrzak et al. show that MPS₃ heterostructures have tunable electronic states and catalytic potential; MnPS₃/NiPS₃ pairing offers ideal band alignment for efficient, pH-flexible water splitting.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Photoluminescence enhancement in two-dimensional semiconductors via spacer-free metallic screening npj 2D Materials and Applications - Photoluminescence enhancement in two-dimensional semiconductors via spacer-free metallic screening

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Shakir et al. show that placing a metal in van der Waals contact with a TMDC monolayer enhances photoluminescence by up to 100× by suppressing exciton-exciton annihilation through strong Coulomb screening.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Ultrafast all-optical generation of pure spin and valley currents npj 2D Materials and Applications - Ultrafast all-optical generation of pure spin and valley currents

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Gill et al. use ultrafast light pulses to generate pure spin and valley currents—without charge flow—in 2D materials like WSe₂ and bilayer graphene, opening paths to next-gen spin/valleytronics.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Manipulation of Dirac states in polymorphic and dual topological insulating phases of van der Waals systems npj 2D Materials and Applications - Manipulation of Dirac states in polymorphic and dual topological insulating phases of van der Waals systems

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Lee et al. show that Van der Waals stacking adds symmetry control over Dirac surface states, enabling tunable spin textures and magnetic responses—key for topological quantum and spintronic device design.
www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Oriented 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition npj 2D Materials and Applications - Oriented 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Solomon et al. show growth of 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Congratulations Adrian!

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The Emerge Lab @RiceUniversity will explore emerging materials & nanoelectronics to advance computing, communication & sensing.

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Ab initio simulation of spin-charge qubits based on bilayer graphene-WSe2 quantum dots npj 2D Materials and Applications - Ab initio simulation of spin-charge qubits based on bilayer graphene-WSe2 quantum dots

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Ge et al. propose bilayer graphene–WSe₂ quantum dots for quantum computing with simulations revealing fast picosecond operation and a 100× SOC boost. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Elucidating the role of stacking faults in TlGaSe2 on its thermoelectric properties npj 2D Materials and Applications - Elucidating the role of stacking faults in TlGaSe2 on its thermoelectric properties

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Simonian et al. find that TlGaSe₂ thin films show enhanced thermoelectric performance thanks to stacking faults—once considered defects, they're now a feature. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Pressure-induced large anomalous Hall effects in a layered ferromagnet CrSiTe3 npj 2D Materials and Applications - Pressure-induced large anomalous Hall effects in a layered ferromagnet CrSiTe3

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Lee et al. show that under pressure, CrSiTe₃ becomes metallic, triples its TC, and shows a dome-like Hall effect—evidence of Berry curvature from topological bands. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Understanding the origin of superconducting dome in electron-doped MoS2 monolayer npj 2D Materials and Applications - Understanding the origin of superconducting dome in electron-doped MoS2 monolayer

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Erhardt et al. in a first-principles study map the full superconducting dome in doped MoS₂, showing that Tc rises then falls due to CDWs, polarons, and an H-to-1T′ phase shift—reconciling conflicting experiments. www.nature.com/artic... 🧪

Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures npj 2D Materials and Applications - Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Agarwal et al. show that topological polarization textures in twisted vdW bilayers produce distinctive nonlinear optical responses, enabling their optical detection via vortex-like shift photocurrents. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪

Electrochemical detection of sulfamethoxazole antibiotics in water using MXene/ZIF-8 composite modified glassy carbon electrode npj 2D Materials and Applications - Electrochemical detection of sulfamethoxazole antibiotics in water using MXene/ZIF-8 composite modified glassy carbon electrode

New in #npj2dmaterials @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Abuthahir et al. have developed MXene composites for electrochemical SMX detection, achieving high sensitivity, low LOD, and <3% RSD—ideal for real-time water quality monitoring with biomaterial potential. www.nature.com/artic... #2dmaterials 🧪