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Nature, Published online: 27 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1221-4

Author Correction: A dissipatively stabilized Mott insulator of photons

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 30 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41565-019-0476-0

The development of devices that exploit the intrinsic properties of two-dimensional materials can provide opportunities for in-memory computing and area-efficient integrated circuits based on Moore’s law.

Nature Communications, Published online: 30 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10325-7

The magneto-optical (MO) effects probe the electronic and magnetic properties of a material, particularly useful for 2D magnets. Here, the authors show that the large optical and MO responses in ferromagnetic monolayer CrI3 arise from strongly bound excitons, extending over several atoms.

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have very versatile chemical, electrical and optical properties. In particular, they exhibit rich and highly tunable electronic properties, with a bandgap that spans from semi-metallic up to 2 eV depending on the crystal phase, material composition, number of layers and even external stimulus. This paper provides an overview of the electronic devices and circuits based on 2D TMDs, such as Esaki diodes, resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), logic and RF transistors, tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs), static random access memories (SRAMs), dynamic RAM (DRAMs), flash memory, ferroelectric memories, resistitive memories and phase-change memories. We address the basic device principles, the advantages and limitations of these 2D electronic devices, and our perspectives on future developments.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41565-019-0467-1

Magneto-transport measurements on thin metallic crystals of the transition metal dichalcogenide PtSe2 show signatures of ferro- and antiferromagnetic order depending on the number of layers and first-principles calculations suggest Pt vacancies at the surface as a plausible cause.

Nature Physics, Published online: 08 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0576-7

Potential Majorana bound states are seen in the vortex cores of a transition metal dichalcogenide. The properties of the superconductor mean that the bound states are highly anisotropic, and can appear at higher temperatures than other materials.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 10 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41565-019-0466-2

Strain-induced phase change in MoTe2 enables reversible channel conductivity switching in a field-effect transistor geometry.