Researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers to bypass one of the fundamental limitations of the ordinary converging lens.
&uuid=(email))
Physicists have successfully melted a very thin crystal of magnetic quasi-particles controllably, as turning ice into water. Novel phases of matter have been discovered and a new model system for fundamental physics studies has been established.
The first quantum phase battery has been realized. It consist of an indium arsenide nanowire in contact with aluminum superconducting leads and is a key element for quantum technologies based on phase coherence.
New findings could make fabrication of advanced graphene devices more efficient.
Mixing and matching computational models of 2D materials led scientists to the realization that excitons - quasiparticles that exist when electrons and holes briefly bind - can be manipulated in new and useful ways.
Scientists have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons that were suspended between two electrodes.
Exotic states called Kohn anomalies could offer clues to why some materials have the electronic properties they do.
Researchers have succeeded for the first time in producing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from a hybrid perovskite semiconductor material using inkjet printing.This opens the door to broad application of these materials in manufacturing many different kinds of electronic components.
Combining materials science, experimental and theoretical physics, a long-term study paves the way to new designed materials with multiple electrical functionalities.
A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene.