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Nanomaterials Mar 5, 2024

Ballistic transport in long molecular wires: Porphyrin nanoribbons

The conductance of classical electric components typically decays with increasing length. In general, this is also the same behavior found at the nanoscale with 1D molecular wires. Now, researchers have demonstrated that, ...

Condensed Matter Feb 22, 2024

Scientists discover exotic quantum interference effect in a topological insulator device

In a novel experiment, physicists have observed long range quantum coherence effects due to Aharonov-Bohm interference in a topological insulator-based device. This finding opens up a new realm of possibilities for the future ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 6, 2024

Structural isomerization of individual molecules using a scanning tunneling microscope probe

An international research team has succeeded for the first time in controlling the chirality of individual molecules through structural isomerization. The team, led by NIMS, the Osaka University Graduate School of Science ...

Condensed Matter Jan 29, 2024

Room-temperature long-range ferromagnetic order realized in a confined molecular monolayer

How can we manipulate intermolecular exchange interaction to achieve long-range spin ordering? The answer to this question is of great importance in understanding and modulating magnetic behavior at the microscopic scale ...

Nanophysics Jan 17, 2024

Chemists create the first 2D heavy fermion with heavier-than-normal electrons

Researchers at Columbia University have successfully synthesized the first 2D heavy fermion material. They introduce the new material, a layered intermetallic crystal composed of cerium, silicon, and iodine (CeSiI), in a ...

Condensed Matter Nov 15, 2023

Riddle of the Kondo effect solved with an artificial atom and a 1D wire

A team of physicists at the University of Cologne has solved a long-standing problem of condensed matter physics: they have directly observed the Kondo effect (the re-grouping of electrons in a metal caused by magnetic impurities) ...

Condensed Matter Oct 27, 2023

Scientists demonstrate electric control of atomic spin transitions

A new study published in Nature Communications delves into the manipulation of atomic-scale spin transitions using an external voltage, shedding light on the practical implementation of spin control at the nanoscale for quantum ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 27, 2023

Chemists synthesize doubly anti-aromatic C16 carbon allotrope

A combined team of chemists from Oxford University, and IBM Research Europe-Zürich has successfully synthesized a doubly anti-aromatic C16 carbon allotrope. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes ...

Quantum Physics Oct 26, 2023

The 'spinaron': New quantum effect challenges the long-held Kondo effect

For the first time, experimental physicists from the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat have demonstrated a new quantum effect aptly named the "spinaron." In a meticulously controlled environment and using an ...

Nanophysics Oct 11, 2023

Scientists discover 'flipping' layers in heterostructures cause changes in their properties

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors are special materials that have long fascinated researchers with their unique properties. For one, they are flat, one-atom-thick two-dimensional (2D) materials similar ...

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