Graphene Flagship Paves the Way for New Spintronic Logic Devices
The strong collaborative ethos of the Graphene Flagship is accelerating developments in new technologies based on graphene – the single-atom-thick allotrope of carbon – and…
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Scientists Discover a New Way to Tune Electronic Energy Levels
A team of researchers has discovered new way of using laser light to tune electronic energy levels in two-dimensional films of crystal. Faster, more efficient…
“Proximity Magnetism” Could Be a Building Block for Quantum Computers
Researchers reveal an unusual magnetic behavior that could be used to probe a variety of exotic physical phenomena, and could ultimately be used to produce…
New 2D Materials Exhibit Exotic Quantum Properties
A newly published study from MIT details a theoretical analysis showing that a family of two-dimensional materials exhibits exotic quantum properties that may enable a…
Physicists Produce New Evidence for an Exotic Superconducting State
A newly published study led by Brown University reveals new evidence for an exotic superconducting state that can arise when a superconductor is exposed to…
A New Self-Assembly Method for Fabricating Graphene Nanoribbons
Scientists from UCLA and Tohoku University have discovered a new self-assembly method for producing defect-free graphene nanoribbons, bringing them one step closer to revolutionizing electronics….
Physicists Preserve Spin Information for Much Longer than Previously Possible
By isolating the spin information from the influence of the outside world in a nanoscale graphene device, physicists have found a way to preserve spin…
Scientists Demonstrate Experimentally that SmB6 is a Topological Insulator
An international team of scientists has demonstrated experimentally, for the first time, that SmB6 is indeed a topological insulator. Spintronics is an emerging field of…
Nanoscale Structures Could Yield Higher-Performance Computer Memory
UCLA researchers have created nanoscale structures for computer chips that could yield higher-performance memory in computers, mobile electronics such as smart phones and tablets, as…
Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientists Explore Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins for Nanoscale Electronic Devices
Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers are working to develop ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build tiny signal-generating or receiving antennas and…
Physicists Create Synthetic Magnetic Particle
An international group of physicists has created, identified and photographed synthetic magnetic monopoles, paving the way for the detection of the particles in nature. Amherst,…
New Quantum Dots Design for Solotronics
Researchers at the University of Warsaw have created and studied two new types of solotronic structures, including the world’s first quantum dots containing single cobalt…
Researchers Discover Natural 3D Counterpart to Graphene
A team of researchers has discovered that sodium bismuthate can exist as a form of quantum matter called a three-dimensional topological Dirac semi-metal (3DTDS), a…
Scientists Create New Electronic Material with Potential for Flexible Light-Based Electronics
By heating molybdenum and selenium in a vacuum chamber until they evaporated, a team of scientists was able to create an exotic thin film with…
Researchers Smash Room-Temperature Quantum Bit Storage Record
In a newly published study, an international team of researchers detail how they used an ensemble of phosphorous-31 donors in isotopically purified silicon-28 to demonstrate…
Scientists Stabilize the Magnetic Moment of Single Holmium Atoms
Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have made a big step towards a single-atom bit, showing that the magnetic moments of single holmium atoms on…
Scientists Discover New Asymmetric Topological Insulator
A team of scientists has discovered a new asymmetric topological insulator made of many layers of BiTeCl, which enables electrical current to flow differently along…
Scientists Generate Magnetic Field by Using Heat Instead of Electricity
In a newly published study, EPFL scientists have for the first time predicted and experimentally verified the existence of the Magnetic Seebeck Effect. EPFL scientists…