Material Science & Technology

Translating the findings of quantum research into specific applications calls for a variety of disciplines to work closely together. Credit: ETH Zurich / Heidi Hostettler. Quantum research has long since...

Fig. 1. The schematic illustration of ferroelectric control of half-metallicity in A-type antiferromagnets. Credit: JIANG Peng. Recently, Prof. Zheng Xiaohong's research group from the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP)...

A schematic illustration of a nanoscale circuit. A quantum dot (the yellow part) is connected to two lead electrodes (the blue parts). Electrons tunneling into the quantum dot from the...

Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons, or equivalently as electromagnetic field waves. Experiments led by Hrvoje Petek, an R.K. Mellon professor...

Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania have identified ultra-fast gas flows through the tiniest holes in one-atom-thin membranes, in a...

Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons, or equivalently as electromagnetic field waves. Experiments led by Hrvoje Petek, an H.K. Mellon professor...

A Princeton-led team of physicists have discovered that, under certain conditions, interacting electrons can create what are called “topological quantum states,” which, has implications for many technological fields of study,...

Recently, researchers led by Prof. XU Wen from the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), along with their collaborators from the Southwest University...

Credit: Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH). Since the invention of world's first laser—the ruby laser—in 1960, the human desire to control light has spread to various industries, including...

A color map illustrates the inherent colors of 466 types of carbon nanotubes with unique (n,m) designations based their chiral angle and diameter. Courtesy: Kauppinen Group/Aalto University. Nanomaterials researchers in...