Jobst, J., van der Torren, A., Krasovskii, E. et al. Quantifying electronic band interactions in van der Waals materials using angle-resolved reflected-electron spectroscopy. Nat Commun 7 , 13621 ...

Van der Waals heterostructures are engineered by stacking different van der Waals materials in a controlled sequence, allowing the creation of new materials with tailored properties. This technique ...

Van der Waals forces, once deemed too weak for structural integrity, have been shown to create stable, highly porous frameworks with exceptional thermal resilience and reversible assembly, paving ...

By measuring these oscillations, the team worked out the Van der Waals force between the two Rydberg atoms. By adjusting the trapping laser beam, the team can move the Rydberg atoms closer together or ...

Materials scientists can control the interlayer twist angle of materials to offer a powerful method to tune electronic properties of two-dimensional (2-D) van der Waals materials. In such ...

The team has developed a novel concept for van der Waals thin films (vdWTFs) made up of two-dimensional, layered sheets arranged such that adjacent sheets interact via van der Waals forces. This makes ...

Van der Waals forces are fundamental for chemistry, biology and physics. However, they are among the weakest known chemical interactions, so they are notoriously hard to study.

Exciton–polaritons enhance magneto-optical responses in van der Waals crystals. In its study, the team has shown that by utilizing the modification of energy levels in a system due to ...

Van der Waals forces are around ten times weaker than the force that exists between differently charged ions, for example. Nevertheless, they are interesting not only for theorists like Tkatchenko and ...

Van der Waals materials, also known as two-dimensional (2D) materials, are layered materials composed of planes that are attached to each other via a weak van der Waals interaction.

Geckos take advantage of van der Waals forces to run across ceilings, ... Now, new research answers that question: they manipulate the angle of their toe hairs. ...