Structural constraint integration in a generative model for the discovery of quantum materials
Fu, L. Topological crystalline insulators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 106802 (2011). Article PubMed Google Scholar Bihlmayer, G., Noël,…
Optimization of absorption coefficient of quantum dot structures for infrared spectroscopy
The basic cell of the proposed QD structures is made up of multi-layers, modeled here as ten layers,…
Scientists Discover Ordinary Ice Has Extraordinary Electrical Properties
Researchers have discovered that ice can generate electricity when bent or deformed, offering new insight into both nature…
Ultraconfined terahertz phonon polaritons in hafnium dichalcogenides
Li, N. et al. Direct observation of highly confined phonon polaritons in suspended monolayer hexagonal boron nitride. Nat.…
America’s Most Powerful Laser Fires Its First 2-Petawatt Shot
A view through the titanium-sapphire crystal that helps to transfer power into ZEUS’s laser pulses. At two petawatts,…
Chemists Create Next-Gen Rocket Fuel Compound That Packs 150% More Energy
The Yeung Lab’s arc melter synthesizes manganese diboride. Credit: Brian Busher UAlbany chemists created manganese diboride, a high-energy…
Scientists Discover a “Giant” New Twist on a 140-Year-Old Effect
For the first time, researchers have uncovered a giant anomalous Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, rewriting established…
The Unexpected Material That Could Build Our First Mars Colony
Scientists are finding ways to turn Martian dirt into usable metals. This breakthrough could make it possible to…
Why Is Ice Slippery? New Study Overturns 200-Year-Old Physics Theory
It isn’t pressure or friction that makes ice slippery, but hidden forces at the molecular level. New findings…
Chemists cram record nine metals into trendy 2D material
Chemists have doubled the members of a family of buzzy 2D materials, and even jammed a record nine…
Space-time crystals from particle-like topological solitons
Chaikin, P. M. & Lubensky, T. C. Principles of Condensed Matter Physics (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000). Yeh, P.…
The expanding world of topological ferroelectrics
In this issue we present three papers on the topological properties or structure of ferroelectrics, which are interlinked.…