title: The virtues of magnetism.
abstract: Dislocations at grain boundaries in semiconducting two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides have been found to be the origin of substantial intrinsic magnetic moments. Here, we introduce a first-principles study by Yakobson and co-workers, published in this issue of ACS Nano that shows the influence of grain-boundary tilt angle and doping level on the resulting magnetic moments. This specific property may help in designing new two-dimensional magnetic semiconductors.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden , 01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan-Ole
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Joswig
authors.forename: Tommy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: Gotthard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seifert