2018

Research on Light-Matter Interaction Could Lead to Improved Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices

A paper published in Nature Communications by Sufei Shi, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, increases our understanding of how light interacts with atomically thin semiconductors and creates unique excitonic complex particles, multiple electrons, and holes strongly bound together.

Exploring the Challenges of Exfoliating Novel Two-Dimensional Materials

Salvador Barraza-Lopez, associate professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, and his research group are studying 2D materials called group IV monochalcogenides, which includes tin selenide, germanium sulfide, tin(II) sulfide, tin telluride and tin selenide, among others.

Center for Theoretical Physics Professors Earn DOE Quantum Information Science Awards

Center for Theoretical Physics professors Daniel Harlow, Aram Harrow, Hong Liu and Jesse Thaler have been named recipients of research awards in the U.S. Department of Energy’s new program in Quantum Information Science (QIS).

When Light, Not Heat, Causes Melting

The way that ordinary materials undergo a phase change, such as melting or freezing, has been studied in great detail. Now, a team of researchers has observed that when they trigger a phase change by using intense pulses of laser light, instead of by changing the temperature, the process occurs very differently.

New Material, Manufacturing Process Use Sun's Heat for Cheaper Renewable Electricity

A Purdue University-led team developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power – as heat energy – more efficient in generating electricity.

UCLA-led Physics-chemistry Team Wins $2.7 Million Award for Quantum Computing

A research team from UCLA, USC, Caltech and Harvard, led by Wesley Campbell, UCLA associate professor of physics, has been awarded a three-year $2.7 million U.S. Department of Energy Quantum Information Science Research Award.

Purdue Researchers Advance Quantum Science National Agenda

Researchers at Purdue University are spearheading some of the quantum computing research projects outlined in the report, "National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science," released by the National Science and Technology Council and working to broaden U.S. leadership in quantum information science and technology.

With Toxin, Bacteria Prove Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks

A newly discovered toxin that some bacteria deploy to fend off competing bacteria stands out from others in the battle for microbial domination. While many deadly substances have been identified among bacteria, this previously unknown toxin behaves in a familiar way.