In physics, 1-dimensional systems are idealized physical models constrained to a single spatial dimension, where all relevant degrees of freedom vary along one coordinate while transverse dimensions are neglected or treated as frozen. Such systems are fundamental in statistical mechanics, condensed matter, and field theory, enabling exact or quasi-exact treatments of phenomena like phase transitions, transport, and quantum correlations. They exhibit distinctive behavior, including enhanced fluctuations, restricted ordering, and nontrivial topological or conformal structures, and are often described by specialized frameworks such as Luttinger liquid theory, integrable spin chains, or exactly solvable lattice and continuum models.
Tiny tubes of carbon that emit single photons from just one point along their length have been made in a deterministic manner by RIKEN researchers. Such carbon nanotubes could form the basis of future quantum technologies ...
Nanophysics
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Researchers have developed a powerful computational framework that shows how carefully optimized nanotube shapes can amplify electromagnetic field concentration by more than 30 times compared to conventional circular nanotubes. ...
Nanophysics
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A breakthrough development in nanofabrication could help support the development of new wireless, flexible, high-performance transparent electronic devices.
Nanophysics
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Researchers from the University of Innsbruck, the Collège de France, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles have developed a simple yet powerful method to reveal anyons—exotic quantum particles that are neither bosons nor ...
Condensed Matter
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In collaboration with scientists in Germany, EPFL researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted magnetic tubes can be leveraged to transmit data based on quasiparticles called magnons, rather than ...
Nanophysics
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Electrons can be elusive, but Cornell researchers using a new computational method can now account for where they go—or don't go—in certain layered materials.
Condensed Matter
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In physical systems, transport takes many forms, such as electric current through a wire, heat through metal, or even water through a pipe. Each of these flows can be described by how easily the underlying quantity—charge, ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 1, 2025
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Researchers at the University of Twente and Utrecht University demonstrated for the first time that quantum states in the ultra-narrow material germanene can be switched on and off using only an electric field. The researchers ...
Condensed Matter
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Constructing out-of-equilibrium molecular assemblies that deviate from thermodynamic equilibrium is a central challenge in materials science. While numerous studies have reported the creation of such states using external ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 17, 2025
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For the first time, researchers have made niobium sulfide metallic nanotubes with stable, predictable properties, a long-sought goal in advanced materials science. According to the international team, including a researcher ...
Nanophysics
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