Search results for nonequilibrium dynamics

Condensed Matter Jul 20, 2022

Physicists use quantum simulation tools to study, understand exotic state of matter

Thomas Iadecola worked his way through the title of the latest research paper that includes his theoretical and analytical work, patiently explaining digital quantum simulation, Floquet systems and symmetry-protected topological ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 15, 2022

All-optical switching on a nanometer scale

Ultrafast light-driven control of magnetization on the nanometer length scale is key to achieve competitive bit sizes in next generation data storage technology. Researchers at Max Born Institute in Berlin and of the large ...

Nanophysics Jun 8, 2022

Phonon dynamics enable a deeper understanding of how heat travels through quantum dots

As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a challenge studying fundamental properties of the materials involved; in many cases, targets are too ...

Condensed Matter May 12, 2022

Ultrafast dynamics of topological material probed under pressure

A team led by Prof. Su Fuhai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute, and the Center for ...

Quantum Physics Mar 25, 2022

Peering into precise ultrafast dynamics in matter

A team of researchers from Beijing led by Prof. Dr. Sheng Meng has succeeded in developing predictive first-principles approaches for investigating precise ultrafast processes in matter. The method, named TDAP  (time-dependent ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 22, 2022

Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors

A research team reported the direct measurement of dielectric tensors of anisotropic structures including the spatial variations of principal refractive indices and directors. The group also demonstrated quantitative tomographic ...

Nanomaterials Mar 4, 2022

Controlling how fast graphene cools down

Graphene is the thinnest material ever produced, with the thickness of a single atomic layer. Thinner than a billionth of a meter, it is able to efficiently absorb light from the visible to the infrared through the photoexcitation ...

Condensed Matter Jan 10, 2022

Scientists reveal ultrafast melting dynamics in matter heated to extreme temperatures

Ordinary matter behaves very differently when subjected to extreme temperatures and pressures, such as that inside stellar and planetary cores. Conventional rules of condensed matter physics and plasma physics are not applicable ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 7, 2022

Nonequilibrium mechanism of bacterial flagellar motor switching revealed

In work published in Physical Review Letters, a research group led by Prof. Yuan Junhua and Prof. Zhang Rongjing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a ...

Nanophysics Dec 22, 2021

Tuning a magnetic fluid with an electric field creates controllable dissipative patterns

Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle suspension can serve as a simple model for studying the formation of patterns and structures in more complicated non-equilibrium systems, such as living cells. ...

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