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Condensed Matter Feb 14, 2025

A novel technique for identifying magnetic ordering in antiferromagnets

A new trick for illuminating the internal ordering within a special type of magnet could help engineers build better memory-storage devices. Developed by RIKEN physicists, this technique could make memory devices less corruptible.

Condensed Matter Feb 12, 2025

Machine learning and physics merge to enhance liquid-gas phase transition predictions

Combining concepts from statistical physics with machine learning, researchers at the University of Bayreuth have shown that highly accurate and efficient predictions can now be made as to whether a substance will be liquid ...

Condensed Matter Feb 5, 2025

Unlocking graphite's potential: Sliding layers for advanced material properties

Can copper be turned into gold? For centuries, alchemists pursued this dream, unaware that such a transformation requires a nuclear reaction. In contrast, graphite—the material found in pencil tips—and diamond are both ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 14, 2025

Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscale

Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely small scales. Engineers have spent decades figuring out ...

Nanophysics Jan 13, 2025

Molecular 'velcro': Covalent bonds between 2D materials unlock enhanced optoelectronic capabilities

Researchers have chemically linked 2D materials using a molecular "velcro," resulting in a device with improved optoelectronic properties. The device, made of palladium nanosheets covalently bonded with MoS2, shows an enhanced ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jan 11, 2025

Quantum breakthrough may lead to sustainable chiral spintronics

A team of physicists led by The City College of New York's Lia Krusin-Elbaum has developed a novel technique that uses hydrogen cations (H+) to manipulate relativistic electronic bandstructures in a magnetic Weyl semimetal—a ...

Nanophysics Jan 9, 2025

Domain wall fluctuations in 2D materials reveal a new mechanism of superconductivity

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals are made of atomically thin layers, held together by weak van der Waals forces. These materials have been the focus of numerous studies, as their unique properties make them ideal for studying ...

Nanophysics Dec 18, 2024

Fluorination strategy unlocks graphene's potential for optoelectronic and energy applications

Researchers from Tohoku University and collaborators have developed a weak fluorination strategy to address the zero-bandgap limitation of graphene. Details of the research were published in the journal Applied Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Letters.

Nanophysics Dec 17, 2024

2D materials boost p-type transistor performance, paving way for future tech

After dominating the electronics industry for decades, conventional silicon-based transistors are gradually approaching their limits, which is preventing engineers from further reducing their size without affecting their ...

Nanomaterials Dec 9, 2024

New foam filter achieves high microplastic removal rates in initial testing

Wuhan University-led research is reporting the development of a revivable self-assembled supramolecular biomass fibrous framework (a novel foam filter) that efficiently removes microplastics from complex aquatic environments.

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