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Volume 8 Issue 8, August 2023

Integrating various 2D materials and 3D nanomembranes via van der Waals interactions enables novel hetero-integrated photonic layouts and ways to explore exotic nanophotonic phenomena. The cover image illustrates a van der Waals heterostructures comprising a variety of functional layers. See Yuan Meng et al.

Image: Sang-Hoon Bae. Cover design: Charlotte Gurr.

Volume 8 Issue 8

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  • Today’s world is filled with ‘grand challenges’ that cannot be solved with knowledge from a single academic field, and interdisciplinary learning opportunities at the undergraduate level are important to overcome barriers between fields. This article takes some of the lessons learned from the co-development and co-teaching of an interdisciplinary course on climate change at the University of Waterloo in Canada to offer suggestions on how to incorporate interdisciplinary education in the materials science and engineering undergraduate curriculum, while providing practical advice on how to create opportunities for students to become interdisciplinary thinkers.

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Research Highlights

  • An article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports a 3D covalent organic framework made from simple 2D building blocks.

    • Jet-Sing M. Lee
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  • An article in Advanced Materials reports an entropy tuning strategy to design sodium-ion battery electrolytes that adapt to low temperatures, enabling rechargeable batteries that work in the extreme cold.

    • Ariane Vartanian
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  • An article in Nature Nanotechnology reports a nanopore-based single-molecule sensing method that allows control over the translocation speed of the measured molecule.

    • Charlotte Allard
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  • Integrating various two-dimensional materials and three-dimensional nanomembranes via van der Waals interactions enables novel hetero-integrated photonic layouts and ways to explore exotic nanophotonic phenomena. This Review discusses photonic van der Waals integration, from film preparation to device implementation.

    • Yuan Meng
    • Jiangang Feng
    • Sang-Hoon Bae
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  • Owing to the many-body nature of quantum materials, a microscopic understanding of the interactions dictating their ground state is essential to control their dynamics. This Review summarizes how THz light is effective for both probing quantum materials and driving them into new types of out-of-equilibrium phases.

    • Chia-Jung Yang
    • Jingwen Li
    • Shovon Pal
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  • Two-dimensional perovskites with phase-pure structures have considerable potential for optoelectronic applications because of their reduced defects, flattened energy landscape and enhanced lattice protection. This Perspective article investigates advancing progress on achieving phase-pure perovskite by tailoring the precursor interactions and preparation methods and discusses their prominent optoelectronic properties and applications.

    • Hao Gu
    • Junmin Xia
    • Guichuan Xing
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