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Doubling down on metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light
Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world's first visible-spectrum metasurfaces—ultra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures that could precisely control the behavior of light. A powerful ...
Nanophysics
Apr 1, 2025
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Controlling quantum light at room temperature with tunable nanostructures and low voltage
The ability to control the color, or emission wavelength, of light from quantum sources is central to the development of secure quantum communication networks and photonic-based computing. However, most systems capable of ...
Nanophysics
Apr 1, 2025
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Scientists merge two 'impossible' materials into new artificial structure
An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected ...
Nanophysics
Apr 1, 2025
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Artificial muscles spring into action with mandrel-free fabrication technique
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have invented a new, inexpensive method for fabricating artificial muscles for potential use in robots, in comfort-adjusting jackets that become more thermally insulating as ...
Nanophysics
Mar 31, 2025
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Three-site Kitaev chain enhances stability of Majorana zero modes
An international research team led by QuTech has realized a three-site Kitaev chain using semiconducting quantum dots coupled by superconducting segments in a hybrid InSb/Al nanowire. When comparing two-and three-site chains ...
Nanophysics
Mar 31, 2025
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Defect removal technique paves the way for faster, low-power semiconductors
A research team, led by Professor Jimin Kwon from the Department of Electrical Engineering at UNIST, in collaboration with Professor Yong-Young Noh and his research team from the Department of Chemical Engineering at POSTECH, ...
Nanophysics
Mar 31, 2025
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Time-resolved photoluminescence unlocks nanoscale insights into surface-modified metal oxide semiconductors
In the quest for next-generation energy, sensing, and pigment technologies, semiconducting metal oxides like titanium dioxide (TiO₂) have emerged as essential materials due to their abundance, stability, and intriguing ...
Scientists uncover how microswimmers move faster in groups, paving way for tiny drug-delivering robots
Scientists have revealed how tiny swimming cells—such as sperm and bacteria—are able to move faster when traveling as a group, and the research could accelerate the development of microscopic robots that deliver drugs ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 28, 2025
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Nanoscale ripples provide key to unlocking thin material properties in electronics
When materials are created on a nanometer scale—just a handful of atoms thick—even the thermal energy present at room temperature can cause structural ripples. How these ripples affect the mechanical properties of these ...
Nanophysics
Mar 27, 2025
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Scientists achieve breakthrough in harnessing heat to control magnetism in 2D materials
Pioneering new research could help unlock exciting new potential to create ultrafast, laser-driven storage devices. The study, led by experts from the University of Exeter, could revolutionize the field of data storage through ...
Nanophysics
Mar 27, 2025
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Transistor reshapes electronic properties of a 2D material
A RIKEN study shows that squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can turn it from a semiconductor into a metal, superconductor or insulator. The same layered material ...
Nanophysics
Mar 27, 2025
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Physics meets art: A new twist on interference patterns
One of the simplest and most beautiful naturally occurring patterns can be observed when light is shined through a pair of slightly misaligned periodic structures. This phenomenon, known as the moiré effect, is not only ...
Nanophysics
Mar 27, 2025
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Ultrafast X-ray study reveals solvation suppresses electronic rearrangement in pyrazine
An international research team from Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, Norway, Spain and Japan has made a significant breakthrough in understanding ultrafast electronic dynamics, revealing the profound impact of aqueous ...
Nanophysics
Mar 26, 2025
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Ultra-precision sensor technology developed for single-molecule detection
A research team affiliated with the Nano Optics Group within the Department of Physics at UNIST has announced the successful implementation of a plasmonic structure capable of precisely adjusting nanometer-sized gaps in response ...
Nanophysics
Mar 25, 2025
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Magnetic 'microflowers' enhance local magnetic fields
A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometers in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance magnetic fields. The size of the effect can be controlled by varying the geometry and number of "petals."
Nanophysics
Mar 25, 2025
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Light-induced symmetry changes in tiny crystals allow researchers to create materials with tailored properties
Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks. Each block represents an atom in a tiny crystal, known as a quantum dot. Just like bumping the tower can shift the blocks and change its structure, external forces ...
Nanophysics
Mar 24, 2025
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Moiré than meets the eye: Phasons enable interlayer excitons to move at low temperatures for quantum stability
A moiré pattern appears when you stack and rotate two copies of an image with regularly repeating shapes, turning simple patterns of squares or triangles into a groovy wave pattern that moves across the combined image in ...
Nanophysics
Mar 24, 2025
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Study reveals controlled proton tunneling in water trimers
A research team led by Professor Hyung-Joon Shin from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has succeeded in elucidating the quantum phenomenon occurring within a triangular cluster of three water molecules. ...
Nanophysics
Mar 24, 2025
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Graphene quantum dots mimic orbital hybridization
A research team led by Professor Sun Qing-Feng in collaboration with Professor He Lin's research group from Beijing Normal University has achieved orbital hybridization in graphene-based artificial atoms for the first time.
Nanophysics
Mar 21, 2025
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Overcoming stacking constraints in hexagonal boron nitride via metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and the University of Montpellier have successfully synthesized wafer-scale hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibiting an AA-stacking configuration, a crystal ...
Nanophysics
Mar 20, 2025
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