3D propeller molecules create a rare quantum lattice with edge states
Organic molecules have produced an electronic behavior that researchers have struggled to engineer in molecular materials. Scientists assembled…
Scientists may have found the key to one of quantum physics’ biggest mysteries: superconductivity
Measurements link fluctuating electron spins to superconductivity in an electron-doped copper-oxide material.A film with gradually changing composition helped…
Scientists Discover a Strange New Quantum State Where Two Materials Meet
Artistic illustration of electrons interacting at the interface between a one-atom-thick material and a metal, forming an unusual…
Researchers Stretch a Quantum Material and Uncover Two Hidden Superconducting States
CsV3Sb5 is an unusual quantum material known as a kagome metal, named for the interconnected triangular pattern of…
Scientists Directly Observe the Hidden Geometry of Electrons
A well-known topological material has revealed an unexpected, controllable feature of its electronic structure. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists have…
Physicists Tackle a Classic Quantum Problem With a Powerful New Computational Method
An AI-generated illustration depicting the Kondo effect. Conducting electrons in a metal are shown interacting with the spin…
Researchers Turned “Empty Space” Into a Tool for Superconductivity
Schematic of vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity. Credit: USTC Researchers used a specially designed cavity to strengthen quantum vacuum fluctuations and…
In 1879, Edwin Hall discovered an electrical effect thought to need a perpendicular magnetic field; 147 years later, scientists have shown it can work with the field in-plane
An atomic force microscopy scan of a nanometer-sized device developed by Carnegie Mellon scientists that demonstrates a new…
Graphene superconductivity switched off, proving electrons drive it
Researchers have completely switched off superconductivity in magic-angle graphene by weakening interactions between electrons, providing strong evidence that…
MIT scientists watched electrons rebuild inside a quantum material; one phase grew like an ice crystal |
Deep inside a crystal cooled to nearly -230°C, MIT physicists have caught something rarely seen in quantum materials:…
Physicists Discover Time Crystals Can Communicate Across a Semiconductor
Researchers found that multiple continuous time crystals can behave collectively rather than as isolated oscillators. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Separate…
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules
Illuminating the crystal with light with a built-in sense of rotation (white beam) reveals regions where the star-of-David…