Condensed Matter & Superconductors

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (926+ words) Ivy Delaney has been working with neural networks and machine learning since the mid-nineties, back when a couple of hidden layers and a long afternoon of training counted as ambitious. She has watched the field go from academic curiosity to…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (743+ words) image: Researchers have shown that tiny wrinkles in graphene can change the material’s electrical properties. By harnessing this characteristic, scientists may one day control electricity in atomically thin materials — such as graphene — by changing their shape instead of adding new…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (567+ words) image: At the award ceremony (from left): Laudator Dr Thomas John, Saarland University; the Würzburg award winners Professor Sebastian von Mammen and Professor Tobias Brixner; Dr Marc Sacher, spokesperson for the Working Group on Physics Practical Classes, University of Paderborn;…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (591+ words) The research was led by the US Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab. Scientists in the US have developed a new approach that allowed them to directly observe how electrons move from a solid-like state into liquid-like waves inside a 2D ultrathin…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (704+ words) Beyond what current two-dimensional Hubbard models can achieve, new computational techniques suggest a pathway towards simulating high temperature superconductivity. Combining matrix product state plus mean field theory with mixed dimensional systems offers an avenue for exploring pairing energies while maintaining…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (283+ words) Such a development would facilitate establishing direct, spatially resolved correlations between structure and electronic behavior, significantly enhancing understanding of competing orders within complex oxides. Researchers emphasize that the focus of this work remains on resolving the bulk microstructure, rather than…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1210+ words) Dr. Donovan is a futurist and technology writer covering the quantum revolution. Where classical computers manipulate bits that are either on or off, quantum machines exploit superposition and entanglement to process information in ways that classical physics cannot. Dr. Donovan…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (647+ words) The study, published in Nature, focuses on cutting-edge, ultrathin devices known as two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors that have very unusual electron states. Other research team members include Feng Wang, a faculty senior scientist in Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division and a professor…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (492+ words) The type of semiconductive nanocrystals known as quantum dots are both expanding the forefront of pure science and also hard at work in practical applications including lasers, quantum QLED televisions and displays, solar cells, medical devices, and other electronics. A…...

4+ day, 27+ min ago   (222+ words) This work overcomes limitations of existing simulations and highlights the fundamental role of quantum effects in materials long considered purely classical. The researchers anticipate this framework will extend to modeling a wide range of phase transitions, including magnetic and electronic…...