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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 discover that superconductivity in copper-based materials is linked with fluctuations of ordered electric charge and mobility of vortex matter.
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.
Scientists can now verify theoretical predictions using one-dimensional compositions grown in-situ at a synchrotron spectroscopy station.
X-rays penetrate a working electrode to determine the structure and chemistry in play when water enters the electrochemically active layers.
Scientists use a common engineering approach to enhance the superconductivity and induce ferroelectricity in the quantum material strontium titanate.