The results relied on a cleaner technique to manipulate the flow of electricity, giving graphene greater conductivity than metals such as copper and gold, and raising its potential for use in telecommunications systems and quantum computers.
Researchers resolve a long-standing challenge in quantum optics: optimal Bell-state measurement of time-bin encoded qubits, to enhance the key rate of secure quantum communication.
A team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a 'proof of concept' for an innovative way to produce materials with a well-defined connectivity between the particles.
Scientists discovered unexpectedly familiar behavior in the antiferroelectric material known as zirconium dioxide, or zirconia. They show that as the microstructure of the material is reduced in size, it behaves similarly to much better understood materials known as ferroelectrics.
An international team has detected an unusual ferromagnetic property in a two-dimensional system, known as 'easy-plane anisotropy'. This could foster new energy efficient information technologies based on spintronics for data storage, among other things.
The study analyzes results of a community effort and determines that machine learning greatly improves the estimation of the properties of diffusing particles.
