Highlights

Under normal conditions matter is mostly empty space. Atoms are built from a dense nucleus of protons and neutrons, with the void between filled by a comparably tenuous cloud of electrons shuttling about, following quantum mechanical rules. High pressure physicists squeeze hard on this empty space (using mechanical presses...

Scientists at UCL and Cambridge predict new two-dimensional ice structures on the basis of state-of-the-art computer simulations. A systematic computer simulation study has led to predictions about how water molecules freeze into a single layer of ice. These simulations, published in Physical Review Letters, reveal several...

The field of two-dimensional materials has seen enormous growth since the discovery of graphene, largely driven by the promise of exotic electronic properties that can be exploited in novel applications. Unfortunately many of the two-dimensional materials studied thus far exhibit either large band gaps or high mobilities...