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Nature Materials, Published online: 23 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-00847-7

Two-dimensional MOFs can possess porosity and electrical conductivity but are difficult to grow as single crystals. Here, by balancing in-plane and out-of-plane interactions, single crystals of sizes up to 200 µm are grown, allowing in-plane transport measurements and atomic-resolution analysis.

Zeolite crystallization predominantly occurs by nonclassical pathways involving the attachment of complex (alumino)silicate precursors to crystal surfaces, yet recurrent images of fully crystalline materials with layered surfaces are evidence of classical growth by molecule attachment. Here we use in situ atomic force microscopy to monitor three distinct mechanisms of two-dimensional...

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41557-020-00577-y

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can combine porosity and magnetic order within their lattice, which makes them attractive for the development of stimuli-responsive magnets. Now, a MOF has been prepared that converts from a ferrimagnet to a paramagnet with CO2 uptake, and returns to the ferrimagnetic state on releasing CO2.

Nature Materials, Published online: 18 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41563-020-00840-0

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene plays host to many interesting phenomena, including superconductivity. This Review highlights key research results in the field, points toward important open questions, and comments on the place of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene in the strongly correlated quantum matter world.

Nature Electronics, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41928-020-00504-6

The magnetization and exchange bias field in an IrMn/CoFeB bilayer can be independently switched using a current-controlled spin–orbit torque generated in the antiferromagnetic IrMn layer.

Nature Electronics, Published online: 07 December 2020; doi:10.1038/s41928-020-00511-7

Transistors that use two-dimensional black phosphorus as the active material can dynamically switch between p-type and n-type operation, and can be used to create security primitive circuits with polymorphic NAND/NOR obfuscation functionality.

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2955-8

Publisher Correction: Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride

Nature, Published online: 23 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2970-9

Electronic ferroelectricity is observed in a graphene-based moiré heterostructure, which is explained using a spontaneous interlayer charge-transfer model driven by layer-specific on-site Coulomb repulsion.

Nature Electronics, Published online: 09 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41928-020-00502-8

An ultrashort pulse of electric current can be used to switch the magnetization of a micrometre-scale magnetic element via spin–orbit torques.

Nature Energy, Published online: 09 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41560-020-00721-5

Two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper layered metal-halide perovskites show better performance over three-dimensional versions, but are typically based on quantum wells with random width distribution. Liang et al. show that introducing molten salt spacers gives phase-pure quantum wells and improved solar cell performance.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 09 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41565-020-00789-w

A combination of atomistic imaging and spectroscopy reveals that metal substitution into a sulfur vacancy is the underlying mechanism for resistive switching in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2869-5

The onset of rigidity in a two-dimensional colloidal glass-forming system is identified by the formation and merging of locally rigid domains in which particles move in a cooperative manner.