A collaborative research paper by Prof. KY Sandhya and Dr. Arya Nair JS from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, in collaboration with Prof. Sabu Thomas, Prof. Nandakumar Kalarikkal, and Dr. Parvathy Nancy from the International and Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, has been featured on the front cover of the New Journal of Chemistry (RSC Publications). The illustration highlights laser driven exfoliation and insitu engineering of MoS2/WS2-Ag nanocomposite for the electrochemical sensing of dopamine & ascorbic acid and for photonic applications. New J. Chem., 2025, 49, 15023-15037