News tagged with scanning gate microscopy

New evidence for quantum Darwinism found in quantum dots

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have found new evidence that supports the theory of quantum Darwinism, the idea that the transition from the quantum to the classical world occurs due to a quantum form of natural ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (48) | comments 31 | with audio podcast feature




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Single molecule can shift the phase of a laser beam

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to control light forms the basis of many technologies, from microscopy to optical computing. Now, a team of scientists from ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, has demonstrated that a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Boron nitride is a promising path to practical graphene devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a two-dimensional honeycomb of carbon, just one atom thick, whose intriguing electronic properties include very high electron mobility and very low resistivity. Graphene is so ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Electronic life on the edge: Scientists discover the edge states of graphene nanoribbons

(PhysOrg.com) -- As far back as the 1990s, long before anyone had actually isolated graphene – a honeycomb lattice of carbon just one atom thick – theorists were predicting extraordinary properties ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Search for the bridge to the quantum world

Science fiction has nothing over quantum physics when it comes to presenting us with a labyrinthine world that can twist your mind into knots when you try to make sense of it.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (33) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications

A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing, according to a new paper in Nature Nanotechnology Letters by Stuart Lindsay and his collab ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

First STM spectroscopy of graphene flakes yields new surprises

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have performed the first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (41) | comments 0

SEMATECH Identifies Top Technical Challenges for 2006; Adds Transistor Scaling

SEMATECH today announced its Top Technical Challenges for 2006, continuing to underscore advanced gate stack, 193 nm immersion and EUV lithography, mask infrastructure, and low-k dielectrics with process compatibility. Consortium ...

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created Apr 20, 2005 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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