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Fabricating single-photon light sources from carbon nanotubes
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 ...
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Optimized nanotube shapes can amplify electromagnetic field concentration by over 30 times
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
Dec 23, 2025
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Scalable method enables ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot displays without damaging performance
Over the past decade, colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as promising materials for next-generation displays due to their tunable emission, high brightness, and compatibility with low-cost solution processing. However, ...
Nanophysics
Dec 23, 2025
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Reversible spin splitting effect achieved in altermagnetic RuO₂ thin films
A research team affiliated with UNIST has made a advancement in controlling spin-based signals within a new magnetic material, paving the way for next-generation electronic devices. Their work demonstrates a method to reversibly ...
Nanophysics
Dec 22, 2025
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Modifying chirality with electricity: Voltage-driven method enables reversible, tunable states
A way to electrically modify the chirality of organic–inorganic hybrid materials, in which chiral molecules adsorb onto inorganic surfaces, has been demonstrated by researchers at Science Tokyo. By using an electric double-layer ...
Nanophysics
Dec 21, 2025
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Laser-engineered nanowire networks could unlock new material manufacturing
A breakthrough development in nanofabrication could help support the development of new wireless, flexible, high-performance transparent electronic devices.
Nanophysics
Dec 19, 2025
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Flat-band ultrastrong coupling between phonons and plasmons observed for first time
Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and the Center for Materials Physics (CFM), have experimentally observed and theoretically verified flat-band ultrastrong ...
Nanophysics
Dec 18, 2025
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Team shatters 3D nanofabrication limits with meta-optics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) engineers and scientists, in collaboration with Stanford University, have demonstrated a breakthrough 3D nanofabrication approach that transforms two-photon lithography (TPL) ...
Nanophysics
Dec 18, 2025
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Archimedean screw inspires new way to encode chirality into magnetic materials
In physics and materials science, the term "spin chirality" refers to an asymmetry in the arrangement of spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of particles) in magnetic materials. This asymmetry can give rise to unique ...
Wafer-scale solid-state nanopores fabricated using extreme ultraviolet lithography
At this year's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2025), imec, a research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, presents the first successful wafer-scale fabrication of solid-state nanopores ...
Nanophysics
Dec 17, 2025
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Silver-coated cicada wing nanostructures boost molecular detection signals
Zoom in far enough on an empress cicada wing, and a strange landscape materializes. At the nanoscale, densely packed spires rise from the surface, covering the wing in an endless grove of bowling pins.
Nanophysics
Dec 16, 2025
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Sensor uses acoustic waves to detect objects at smallest scales
At the heart of every camera is a sensor, whether that sensor is a collection of light-detecting pixels or a strip of 35-millimeter film. But what happens when you want to take a picture of something so small that the sensor ...
Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2025
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Molecules as switches for sustainable light-driven technologies
Metal nanostructures can concentrate light so strongly that they can trigger chemical reactions. The key players in this process are plasmons—collective oscillations of free electrons in the metal that confine energy to ...
Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2025
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Order from chaos: The emergence of photon 'swirling' in disordered nanometric systems
An international research team reports the discovery of "hidden order" in systems that are disordered in space and time. The paper is published in the journal Nature Materials.
Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2025
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Nanoscale magnetic mazes could transform data center communications
A collaborative team has developed a new way to create magnetic optical materials, one that removes a long-standing design bottleneck and could boost the speed and efficiency of data-center communications. Using an ion beam ...
Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2025
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Cracking the mystery of heat flow in few-atoms thin materials
For much of my career, I have been fascinated by the ways in which materials behave when we reduce their dimensions to the nanoscale. Over and over, I've learned that when we shrink a material down to just a few nanometers ...
Predictive framework for 2D materials puts low-cost, printable electronics on the horizon
Imagine wearable health sensors, smart packaging, flexible displays, or disposable IoT controllers all manufactured like printed newspapers. The same technology could underpin communication circuits, sensors, and signal-processing ...
Nanophysics
Dec 14, 2025
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Femtosecond lasers push the limits of nanostructures for thermal engineering
Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures can be used to control thermal conductivity in thin film solids, report researchers from Japan. Their innovative method, which leverages high-speed laser ablation, produces ...
Nanophysics
Dec 12, 2025
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Growth strategy enables coherent quantum transport in single-layer MoS₂ semiconductors
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are thin materials (i.e., one-atom thick) with advantageous electronic properties. These materials have proved to be promising for the development of thinner, highly performing electronics, ...
New nanomagnet production process improves efficiency and cuts costs
Researchers at HZDR have partnered with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and the Institute of Nuclear Physics in the Polish Academy of Sciences to develop a method that facilitates the manufacture ...
Nanophysics
Dec 9, 2025
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