Search results for molecular spintronics

Condensed Matter Dec 26, 2025

Detecting the hidden magnetism of altermagnets

Altermagnets are a newly recognized class of antiferromagnets whose magnetic structure behaves very differently from what is found in conventional systems. In conventional antiferromagnets, the sublattices are linked by simple ...

Nanophysics Dec 21, 2025

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 ...

Condensed Matter Nov 18, 2025

Quantum imaging settles 20-year debate on gold surface electron spin direction

Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) have definitively resolved a two-decade-long controversy regarding the direction of electron spin on the surface of gold.

Condensed Matter Oct 29, 2025

Discovery of a new principle: Chiral molecules adhere to magnets

A research group at The University of Tokyo has discovered a new principle by which helical chiral molecules acquire spin through molecular vibrations, enabling them to adhere to magnets. Until now, it was believed that chiral ...

Condensed Matter Sep 3, 2025

Polaritons enable tunable and efficient molecular charge transfer across broader spectrum of light

Polaritons are quasiparticles emerging from strong interactions between light particles (i.e., photons) and matter excitations (e.g., excitons). Over the past few years, researchers have found that these quasiparticles can ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 27, 2025

Electrons reveal their handedness in attosecond flashes

For the first time, chemists at ETH Zurich have successfully used extremely short, rotating flashes of light to measure and manipulate the different movements of electrons in mirror-image molecules. They showed that the chirality ...

Nanophysics Aug 20, 2025

Robust isolated quantum spins established on a magnetic substrate

Establishing robust isolated spins on solid surfaces is crucial for fabricating quantum bits or qubits, sensors, and single-atom catalysts. An isolated spin is a single spin that is shielded from external interactions. Because ...

Condensed Matter Aug 15, 2025

New co-assembly strategy unlocks robust circularly polarized luminescence across the color spectrum

Researchers at the College of Design and Engineering (CDE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a supramolecular co-assembly platform that produces chiral soft materials with strong and stable full-color ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 1, 2025

High-quality crystals enable new insights into structure–property relationships and multifunctionality

Researchers at Kumamoto University and Nagoya University have developed a new class of two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using triptycene-based molecules, marking a breakthrough in the quest to understand ...

Nanophysics Jul 17, 2025

Programmable DNA moiré superlattices: Expanding the material design space at the nanoscale

Researchers are creating new moiré materials at the nanometer scale using advanced DNA nanotechnology. DNA moiré superlattices form when two periodic DNA lattices are overlaid with a slight rotational twist or positional ...

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