Our colleague Silvia Tomić in collaboration with Martin Dressel from the Universitaet Stuttgart has published the review article in Advances in Physics. The authors provide a perspective on recent developments and their implications for understanding of novel quantum phenomena in the physics of two-dimensional organic solids, recognized as versatile quantum materials that host a broad range of quantum phenomena, which stay at the center stage of condensed-matter physics today.

Our colleague Antonio Šiber, in collaboration with Anže Božič from the Jožef Stefan Institute has published an article in prestigious journal, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The authors investigated how the infolding of the pollen grain depends on its mechanical design. Their elastic model of the grain showed that the elasticity and geometry of the grain must be precisely tuned in order to enable the infolding which reflect directly on the functionality and the evolution of the pollen.

Our colleagues Davor Čapeta and Marko Kralj, as part of international cooperation, published a paper in the prestigious journal ACS Nano. The paper demonstrates the possibility of forming a free-standing nano-membrane, which consists of a periodic network of metallic nano-clusters on graphene, additionally reinforced with protective layer of amorphous carbon.

Our colleagues Marin Petrović and Marko Kralj, in collaboration with researchers from Kyoto University, published a paper in Physical Review Letters. Intercalation and adsorption of alkali atoms has been utilized for the formation of a 2D material-alkali sandwich, which enabled strong localization of the system’s wavefunction and the formation of a pronounced multipole plasmon.

Our colleagues Marin Petrović and Marko Kralj, in collaboration with researchers from Kyoto University, published a study in high-ranking Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Utilization of epitaxial graphene as a substrate for preparation of high-quality tetracene thin film enabled characterization of new processes relevant to exciton spectral diffusion in tetracene.