Electron movement and structures described in quantum physics allow researchers to better understand how and why materials like superconductors behave as they do. Rice University researchers Jianwei ...

Spintronics—a technology that harnesses the electron's magnetic quantum states to carry information—could pave the way for a new generation of ultra-energy-efficient electronics. Yet a major challenge ...

Electrons in graphene break a key law of metals and reveal a strange quantum fluid. The discovery has surprised scientists.

Electron movement and structures described in quantum physics allow researchers to better understand how and why materials like superconductors behave ...

For more than 40 years, scientists have known that the quantum Hall effect impacts electrons in strong magnetic fields, but ...

An international team of researchers has synthesized a carbon chain molecule with a never-before-seen electronic twist and ...

Sometimes a visually compelling metaphor is all you need to get an otherwise complicated idea across. In the summer of 2001, a Tulane physics professor named John P.

Quantum wells, fabricated through the precise layering of different semiconductor materials, create confined regions where charge carriers are restricted to two dimensions. This confinement gives rise ...

Quantum current standards and single-electron pumps form the cornerstone of contemporary electrical metrology and the redefinition of the ampere. By exploiting quantum mechanical effects—such as the ...

A memory chip based on stacked quantum materials. Spintronics – a technology that harnesses the electron’s magnetic quantum states to carry information – could pave the way for a new generation of ...

Purdue University has appointed Michael Manfra as its chief quantum officer, overseeing quantum initiatives and new degree ...