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Condensed Matter Jan 18, 2024

Quantum physicists develop robust and ultra-sensitive topological quantum device

A significant breakthrough has been achieved by quantum physicists from Dresden and Würzburg. They've created a semiconductor device where exceptional robustness and sensitivity are ensured by a quantum phenomenon. This ...

Materials Science Jan 10, 2024

A magnetically actuated acoustic metamaterial

Space coiling acoustic metamaterials are static and require manual reconfiguration for sound-field modulation. In a new report published in Communications Materials, Christabel Choi, and a team of scientists in computer science ...

Soft Matter Jan 8, 2024

Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to 'chiral' fluids

Hold your hands out in front of you, and no matter how you rotate them, it's impossible to superimpose one over the other. Our hands are a perfect example of chirality—a geometric configuration by which an object cannot ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 27, 2023

Harnessing all-dielectric metamaterials to manipulate the polarization state of light

Polarization is one of the fundamental characteristics of electromagnetic waves. It can convey valuable vector information in sensitive measurements and signal transmission, which is a promising technology for various fields ...

Nanomaterials Dec 7, 2023

Metamaterials and origamic metal-organic frameworks

Origami is a paper folding process usually associated with child's play mostly to form a paper-folded crane, yet it is, as of recently a fascinating research topic. Origami-inspired materials can achieve mechanical properties ...

Condensed Matter Nov 15, 2023

New technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films and other futuristic materials

Metamaterials are products of engineering wizardry. They are made from everyday polymers, ceramics, and metals. And when constructed precisely at the microscale, in intricate architectures, these ordinary materials can take ...

Nanophysics Nov 10, 2023

A twist on atomic sheets to create new materials

The way light interacts with naturally occurring materials is well-understood in physics and materials science. But in recent decades, researchers have fabricated metamaterials that interact with light in new ways that go ...

Nanophysics Oct 30, 2023

Metamolecule metamaterial fabrication with 3D co-assembly

Metamaterials, famously likened to Harry Potter's invisible cloak, are artificial nano structures designed to manipulate light properties. However, the practical application of this technology in everyday life depends on ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 27, 2023

Anisotropic lattice induces high-Q chiroptical responses in surface lattice resonance metasurfaces

Chirality is an intrinsic property of an object that cannot coincide with its mirror image by translation or rotation. In order to realize strong chiral light-matter interactions which are usually weak in natural materials ...

Nanomaterials Oct 10, 2023

Record-high 3D printing rate reached by acousto-optical scanning

Professor Wei Xiong's group, from the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, proposes a pioneering high-speed multi-photon polymerization lithography technique with ...

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