Twisted bilayer graphene at charge neutrality

Just one year after researchers at MIT stunned the physics world with the discovery of the magic-angle for stacked sheets of graphene [1,2], many advances in theoretical and experimental studies in... 21-10-2019

Graphene origami reaches quantum precision

It's easier to fold a napkin than a notepad. The potential to manipulate graphite into precise nanostructures using a scanning probe microscope has teased researchers ever since Thomas W. Ebbesen a... 06-09-2019

Chinese Scientists Created the Smallest, Atomically-precise and Custom-design Graphene Origami

Hong-Jun Gao and coworkers employ a scanning tunneling microscope tip to create atomically precise, custom-design, complex graphene origami nanostructures. This work provides a platform for constru... 06-09-2019

Control the magnetization of a van der Waals ferromagnet by current

Researchers devise a bilayer structure of Fe3GeTe2/Pt, in which the magnetization of few-layered Fe3GeTe2 can be effectively switched by the spin-orbit torques (SOTs) originated from the current fl... 21-08-2019

Tuning electron pathways and giant magnetoresistance in a single-molecule device

The success of information technology would not have been possible without the accelerating miniaturization of electronic devices, which has spurred the exploitation of molecular electronics. The u... 16-08-2019

20-qubit Schrödinger cat states with superconducting quantum processor

Multiqubit entanglement are resource for quantum computation and quantum information. Here, deterministic generation of 18-qubit genuinely entangled Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state and mult... 12-08-2019

Research progress of a true random number generator based on nano-ring shaped magnetic tunnel junction

01-07-2019

New cuprate superconductor may challenge the classical wisdom

Superconductivity is one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature in that the materials can conduct electrical current without any resistance. The cuprates hold the record high superconducting te... 26-06-2019

Scientists explore new materials for thermoelectric generation by calculating the asymmetry of performance.

Solid-state energy conversion from heat to electricity and vice versa can be realized by a thermoelectric module employing thermoelectric materials. 20-06-2019

Leading forward to 4.6 V high voltage LiCoO₂ for Li-ion batteries

The next generation of mobile and wireless communication system, i.e. 5G mobile technologies are emerging in our daily life and are expected to reshape modern society in frameworks like Smart City,... 17-06-2019

Growing better single crystals with the help of machine learning

06-06-2019

Emmy Noether looks at the deconfined quantum critical point

The large-scale simulations are performed on the Tianhe-1A platform at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin and Tianhe-2 platform at the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou, the auth... 24-05-2019

Monte Carlo study reveals the parent state of quantum phases

20-05-2019

Coherent Resonant Tunneling through Double Metallic Quantum Well States

Due to its interesting scientific impact and broad applications, coherent resonant tunneling effect in magnetic tunnel junctions has aroused intensive interest from spintronic and semiconductor com... 14-05-2019

3D-disordered Cation Framework Stabilize the Oxygen Redox

Lattice oxygen redox (l-OR) is essential for achieving the ultrahigh capacity in Li-rich cathode oxides. However, the understanding of l-OR chemistry remains elusive. Herein, the coupling between l... 08-04-2019