Quantum computers, quantum cryptography and quantum (insert name here) are often in the news these days. Articles about them inevitably refer to entanglement, a property of quantum physics that makes all these magical devices possible.
Apr 26, 2019
Single-spin microscopy sheds light on 2D magnets including a puzzling anomaly in the properties of 2D CrI3 crystals The post Diamond quantum microscope images nanoscale features in 2D magnets appeared first on Physics World.
Apr 26, 2019
The ICN2 Oxide Nanophysics Group, led by ICREA Prof. Gustau Catalán, has published in Physical Review Letters how, due to flexoelectricity, cracks in ferroelectrics (switchable polar materials) propagate more easily in the polar direction than in ...
Apr 26, 2019
Electrochemical imaging shows that phosphorus and nitrogen atoms are vital for improving the potential of holey graphene to boost the liberation of hydrogen during electrolysis. An international...
Apr 26, 2019
For all its complexity, chemistry amounts to just two things: making and breaking bonds between atoms. Understanding how
Apr 26, 2019
A team of researchers from Germany, the U.S. and the U.K. has found that a significant number of H-C bonds formed when hydrogen atoms were forced at high speed to collide with graphene. In their paper published in the journal Science, the research...
Apr 26, 2019
Researchers have created phosphorene nanoribbons by accident - a material made from one of the universe?s basic building blocks, but that has the potential to revolutionise a wide range of technologies.
Apr 26, 2019
For the first time, physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in measuring the magnetic properties of atomically thin van der Waals materials on the nanoscale. They used diamond quantum sensors to determine the strength of the magnetiza...
Apr 26, 2019
Bioinspired materials mimic their natural counterparts for characteristic functionality in multidisciplinary applications forming a popular theme in biomaterials development. In bone tissue engineering, for instance, researchers focus on the natur...
Apr 26, 2019
By exploring how electrons in 2D graphene can virtually act like a liquid, scientists have made it possible for more research into a material that has the potential to facilitate future electronic...
Apr 26, 2019
