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

Oriented 3D Magnetic Biskyrmions studied in MnNiGa Bulk Crystals

A biskyrmion consists of two bound, topologically stable, skyrmion spin textures. These coffee‐bean‐shaped objects are observed in real space in thin plates using Lorentz transmission electron mi... 08-04-2019

China First Demonstrates the 100 kWh Na-Ion Battery System for Energy Storage

The world's first energy storage power station based on the 100 kWh Na-ion battery (NIB) system was launched on 29th March, 2019, successfully supplying power to the building of Yangtze River Delta... 01-04-2019

Scientists proposed a new class of intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes for Li-S full-cell architectures

A class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes are proposed by combining intercalation-type Mo6S8 with conversion-type sulfur to realize a Li-S full cell. The mechanically hard Mo6S8 wit... 27-03-2019

Scientists Discover a Promising Thermoelectric Zintl-phase Eu₂ZnSb₂

Zintl compounds are considered to be potential thermoelectric materials due to their “phonon glass electron crystal” (PGEC) structure. A promising Zintl-phase thermoelectric material, 2-1-2–type... 18-02-2019

High-power lasers drive Terahertz pulse energy to new record in laboratory

Ultrahigh-power terahertz (THz) radiation sources are essential for many applications, for example, THz-wave based compact accelerators and THz control over matter. However, to date none of the THz... 18-02-2019

New approach towards all-electrical manipulation of magnetization switching and information writing via spin-orbit torque

03-02-2019

Magnon valve effect based on YIG/NiO/YIG insulating magnon junction

After the 1st generation of semiconductor-based microelectronics and the 2nd generation of spintronics, magnonic devices based on magnons are widely believed to be a potential candidate for the nex... 14-01-2019

Modification of structure and property realized in a new honeycomb analogue of graphene: FLAT antimonene monolayer

The epitaxial growth of atomically thin flat honeycomb monolayer of group-V element antimony on a Ag(111) substrate is realized. Combined study of experiments and theoretical calculations verify th... 28-12-2018

Millimeter-Scale, Single-Crystal One-Third-Hydrogenated Graphene Successfully Constructed on Ru(0001) Scientists Construct Millimeter-Scale, Single-Crystal One-Third-Hydrogenated Graphene

Large-scale, periodically-hydrogenated graphene is fabricated on Ru(0001) has been achieved. Scanning tunneling microscope experiments and density functional theory calculations show a√3×√3/R30... 21-12-2018

Scientists create atomic scale, two-dimensional electronic Kagome lattice in silicene

Destructive quantum interference in a frustrated Kagome lattice with only nearest-neighbor hopping will result in a discrete flat band (FB) without any dispersion. An FB with possible nontrivial to... 15-11-2018

Dying Cells "Speed Up" Intracellular Transport

Apoptosis is a process of programmed cell death with dramatic changes in cell morphology and organization. However, how the intracellular transport changes in cells undergoing apoptosis remains unk... 15-11-2018