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The Future of Telecom Is Atomically Thin
By using a small number of photons to process information, two-dimensional quantum materials can lead to secure, energy-efficient communications.
By using a small number of photons to process information, two-dimensional quantum materials can lead to secure, energy-efficient communications.
Scientists used a series of three distinct, sequential reactions to transform carbon monoxide into methanol using proton-electron mediators.
Scientists discover that superconductivity in copper-based materials is linked with fluctuations of ordered electric charge and mobility of vortex matter.
Scientists examine how molecular systems made of nanocrystals and proteins support the production of ammonia using light.
Scientists develop a nanoscale electron imaging method that reveals the dynamics of the collective vibrations of atoms at the interface between materials.
Twisted bilayer graphene defies conventional theories by exhibiting superconductivity despite a vanishingly small charge carrier velocity.
Theory uncovers the formation process and dynamics of atomic-scale defects for generating and controlling qubits for quantum computers and sensors.
Electric fields in a crystal of Ni2Mo3O8 create spin excitons and elusive magnetic order.
For the first time, researchers discovered magnetic order at high temperature in a metal widely used by the electronics industry.
In the unusual world of quantum materials, metals can guide light in their interiors instead of merely reflecting it.
Opposing teams of water-loving and oil-loving molecules separate metals called lanthanides that are important in developing clean energy technologies.
A new experiment determines the energy available to drive chemical reactions at the interface between an illuminated semiconductor and a liquid solution.