News tagged with phosphorus atoms

Single-atom transistor is 'perfect'

In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (44) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing

Researchers from University of New South Wales (Australia), University of Melbourne (Australia), and Aalto University (Finland) have succeeded in demonstrating a high-fidelity detection scheme for the magnetic ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Overlooked element could be part of dream team for quantum computing

A team of scientists based at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the National High Magnetic Field Lab (NHMFL) in Florida has discovered a new and more efficient way to encode quantum information within ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Synthesis with a template: Carbon-free fullerene analogue

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg has now synthesized the first example of an inorganic, carbon-free C80 analogue.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3