Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2020
Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets
You have to look closely, but the hills are alive with the force of van der Waals.
Search results for metamaterial
Optics & Photonics
Dec 14, 2020
Physics discovery leads to ballistic optical materials
Electronics are increasingly being paired with optical systems, such as when accessing the internet on an electronically run computer through fiber optic cables.
Quantum Physics
Nov 27, 2020
A phononic crystal coupled to a transmission line via an artificial atom
Researchers have recently displayed the interaction of superconducting qubits; the basic unit of quantum information, with surface acoustic wave resonators; a surface-wave equivalent of the crystal resonator, in quantum physics. ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 24, 2020
Shining a light on nanoscale dynamics
Physicists from the University of Konstanz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and the University of Regensburg have successfully demonstrated that ultrashort electron pulses experience a quantum mechanical ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2020
Moths pull ahead in evolutionary arms race with sophisticated wing design
Ultra-thin, super-absorbent and extraordinarily designed to detract attention, the wings of moths could hold the key for developing technological solutions to survive in a noisy world.
General Physics
Nov 19, 2020
Topological mechanical metamaterials go beyond Newton's third law
A change in perspective can work wonders. This has been especially true with respect to the paradigms for explaining material properties using the concept of topology, "ideas that are currently revolutionizing condensed matter ...
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2020
Versatile building blocks make structures with surprising mechanical properties
Researchers at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms have created tiny building blocks that exhibit a variety of unique mechanical properties, such as the ability to produce a twisting motion when squeezed. These subunits could ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 11, 2020
Researchers demonstrate attosecond boost for electron microscopy
A team of physicists from the University of Konstanz and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany have achieved attosecond time resolution in a transmission electron microscope by combining it with a continuous-wave ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 10, 2020
Bioinspired metagel with broadband tunable impedance matching
Impedance matching is a concept that can maximize energy transmission from a source through a media, and is established across electrical, acoustic and optical engineering. It is frequently necessary to match a load impedance ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 6, 2020
Investigating optical activity under an external magnetic field
Optical activity in chiral molecules has become a hot topic in physics and optics, representing the ability to manipulate the polarized state of light. Understanding how molecules rotate the plane of plane-polarized light ...
