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.
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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. • Email to a friend • 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. • Email to a friend • New findings could make fabrication of advanced graphene devices more efficient. • Email to a friend • 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. • Email to a friend • 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. • Email to a friend • Scientists have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons that were suspended between two electrodes. • Email to a friend • Exotic states called Kohn anomalies could offer clues to why some materials have the electronic properties they do. • Email to a friend • 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. • Email to a friend • Combining materials science, experimental and theoretical physics, a long-term study paves the way to new designed materials with multiple electrical functionalities. • Email to a friend • A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene. • Email to a friend • |
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