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Nature Physics, Published online: 19 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01342-9

Scanning tunnelling microscopy reveals an unexpected periodicity in the local density of states of a transition metal dichalcogenide — with a puzzling wavelength that casts the material as a quantum spin liquid.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00952-x

Understanding the fundamental nano–bio interactions of nanomaterials intended for biomedical use might unlock potential alternative applications. Here the authors reveal a tumoricidal mechanism of black phosphorus nanomaterials where these nanomaterials directly affect the mitotic centrosome machinery by suppressing polo-like kinase 1, suggesting that nanomaterials can be applied in targeted cancer therapy with their intrinsic nano–bio properties.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 16 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00956-7

Twisted photonic graphene superlattices enable the realization of high-performance room-temperature magic-angle lasers.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 16 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00960-x

An optical analogue of magic-angle twisted graphene bilayer gives rise to rigorously stopped light, which coupled with gain allows for a new type of a nanolaser with remarkable figures of merit.

Nature Physics, Published online: 16 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01324-x

The Hubbard model describes many fascinating phenomena, but relating it to complicated quantum materials is difficult. Now, atomic-resolution measurements can estimate the interaction parameters that appear in the model for real materials.

Nature Physics, Published online: 19 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01321-0

Some quantum spin liquids are expected to have an effective Fermi surface of fractionalized spinon excitations. The two-dimensional spin liquid candidate 1T-TaSe2 has charge density modulations that may be caused by an unstable spinon Fermi surface.

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03725-7

Two-dimensional supersolidity is demonstrated using highly magnetic, ultracold dysprosium atoms.

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02191-5

Supersolids are exotic materials whose constituent particles can simultaneously form a crystal and flow without friction. The first 2D supersolid has been produced using ultracold gases of highly magnetic atoms.

Technology advancements in history have often been propelled by material innovations. In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted substantial interest as an ideal platform to construct atomic-level material architectures. In this work, we design a reaction pathway steered in a very different energy landscape, in contrast to typical thermal...

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03701-1

High-performance optoelectronic devices that operate in the infrared regime at room temperature exhibit wide-range, active and reversible tunability of the operating wavelengths with black phosphorus.

Nature Materials, Published online: 05 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01061-9

Long-range lateral Josephson supercurrents are observed in a chiral non-collinear antiferromagnet, indicating topologically generated triplet pairing states.

Nature Materials, Published online: 05 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01058-4

MoS2/graphite and MoS2/h-BN interfaces are shown to have ultra-low friction coefficients, whereas edges and interface steps mainly contribute to the friction force.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 July 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00940-1

Voltage control of magnetic order is one of the keys to energy-efficient spintronic applications. Voltage gating using a solid-state hydrogen pump now allows for reversible control of ferrimagnetic order, external-field-free 180° magnetic switching and ferrimagnetic spin texture writing.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 July 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00938-9

Solid-state hydrogen gating of a ferrimagnetic metal enables independent reversal of Néel and magnetization vectors by an electric field.