Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has been heralded as the wonder material of the 21st century, and has been featured here quite often. It's spawned a whole new field of science basically, and it's called metameterials science, based on what's called two-dimensional materials. Twenty years later, we've reached peak graphene, with the news now being taken over by all things -ene, such as goldene or borophene, as seen below:
'Better than graphene' material development may improve implantable technology
May 2024, phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-graphene-material-implantable-technology.html
Borophene - It's the new graphene, impregnated with boron atoms, which makes it do even crazier things than graphene.
via Pennsylvania State University: Teresa Aditya et al, Chiral Induction in 2D Borophene Nanoplatelets through Stereoselective Boron–Sulfur Conjugation, ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01792
Image credit: I can find no other credits except for a "3D-news" but this image is possibly related to 2010 Nobel Prize winner Andre Geim, who discovered graphene at University of Manchester in 2004.
Electric fields boost graphene's potential, study shows
Jun 2024, phys.org
From the home of graphene, Manchester University:
"We demonstrate that electric field effects can disentangle and accelerate electrochemical processes in 2D crystals. This could be combined with state-of-the-art catalysts to efficiently drive complex processes like CO2 reduction, which remain enormous societal challenges.""Control of these processes gives our graphene devices dual functionality as both memory and logic gate. This paves the way for new computing networks that operate with protons. This could enable compact, low-energy analog computing devices."
via University of Manchester National Graphene Institute: Jincheng Tong et al, Control of proton transport and hydrogenation in double-gated graphene, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07435-8.
Post Script: Moiré lattices is where you go when graphene ends, so:
Twist-angle in moiré lattice controls valley polarization switching in heterostructures
May 2024, phys.org
In case you were wondering, "they demonstrated for the first time the dependence of valley polarization switching and polarization degree on the moiré period by twist engineering in electrically controlled transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers".
via Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Xu Xiulai of Peking University: Danjie Dai et al, Twist angle–dependent valley polarization switching in heterostructures, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado1281
