A new way to fine-tune exotic materials: Thin, stretch and clamp
Turning a brittle oxide into a flexible membrane and stretching it on a tiny apparatus flipped it from a conducting ...
Tag: Superconductors/Semiconductors
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
The ultra-fast change of light helicity is particularly interesting to observe processes in magnetic materials and has long been expected ...
Scientists see energy gap modulations in a cuprate superconductor
New measurements from single electron tunneling provide spectroscopic evidence and cinch the case for a 'pair density wave' coexisting with ...
Zero-energy bound states in the high-temperature superconductors at 2-dimensional limit
Credit: Wang Jian A quantum computer works based on qubits. By manipulating quantum states to realize specific logical operation, quantum ...
Brookhaven Lab’s Lijun Wu receives 2020 Chuck Fiori Award
The Microscopy Society of America award -- which honors an outstanding technologist in the physical sciences -- recognizes Wu's contributions ...
Shifting dimensions: Exciting excitons in phosphorene
Scientists probe how excited states of matter behave in phosphorene -- a two-dimensional material with unusual propertiesCredit: OIST Since its ...
Research institutes careers media about us high-efficiency laser for silicon chips
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Nils von den Driesch Transistors in computer chips work electrically, but data can be transmitted ...
Clemson researcher’s novel MOF is potential next-gen semiconductor
Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging multi-functional materials that are gradually finding ...
Clemson professor elected as materials research society fellow
Credit: Pete Martin/Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson University Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty member Apparao Rao ...
A nanoscale laser made of gold and zinc oxide
Researchers from Oldenburg, Germany, and collaborators reveal how new nanomaterial enhances light emissionCredit: University of Oldenburg Tiny particles composed of ...
Putting artificial intelligence to work in the lab
Automated scanning probe microscopy controlled by artificial intelligence/machine learningCredit: FLEET Automated Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) controlled by artificial intelligence First ...
Semiconductors can behave like metals and even like superconductors
Credit: Hungria/Universidad de Cádiz, Ramin/DESY, Klinke/University of Rostock and Swansea University. The crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials ...
Novel approach to enhance performance of graphitic carbon nitride
Credit: Kai Yang In a report published in NANO, scientists from the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Guangdong University ...
Peppered with gold
Research team presents novel transmitter for terahertz wavesCredit: HZDR / Juniks Terahertz waves are becoming ever more important in science ...