Research Progress
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Enhancing charge density waves by Moiré engineering in 1T-TiTe2/1T-TiSe2 heterostructures
Nanoscale periodic moiré patterns, formed at the interface of twisted (or lattice mismatch) bilayer of two-dimensional materials, provide a new degree of freedom for engineering the electronic pro... 20-12-2021 -
Scientists Innovate On-site in situ High-Pressure Ultrafast Pump-Probe Spectroscopy Instrument
Scientists innovate an on-site in situ high-pressure time-resolved ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy instrument. Both the DAC and the sample are fixed within the light path without motion and rotat... 30-11-2021 -
Researchers Synthesized Bilayer Borophene
Large-size, single-crystalline bilayer borophene on the Cu(111) surface is synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy. The bilayer borophene consists of two stacked monolayers, which are held together b... 12-11-2021 -
Quantum droplet with Borromean correlation
Exploring dominant few-body correlations in many-body systems is one of the main tasks of modern physics, and the presence of exotic few-body bound states offers an efficient perspective to uncover... 14-10-2021 -
Artificial Phototactic Microswimmer Behaves like Green Algae
By combining the light-induced self-diffusiophoresis and self-thermophoresis mechanisms, an artificial phototactic microswimmer is realized, which can exhibit light intensity-dependent bidirectiona... 12-10-2021 -
Unambiguous Experimental Demonstration of the Magnon Transfer Torque (MTT) Effect
Prof. Xiufeng Han's research group confirms the magnon transfer torque (MTT) effect in an insulating magnetic heterostructure Y3Fe5O12/NiO/Pt with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. In this system,... 08-10-2021 -
Magnon blocking effect and magnonic skin effect
Prof. Xiufeng Han's research group shows a magnon blocking effect (MBE) in magnon junction and magnonic skin effect (MSE) in an antiferromagnetically coupled heterojunction. The MBE and MSE can con... 14-09-2021 -
Discovery of an ideal superlubric system: large-lattice-mismatch van der Waals heterostructures
In a recent study, an IoP-CAS team discovered a new superlubric system, i.e. large lattice mismatched van der Waals heterostructures. Friction coefficient below 10-6 was observed in such system and... 20-08-2021 -
Spin pinning effect in interface for enhanced water oxidation
Solar water splitting, water electrolysis, and regenerative fuel cells are the major methods to produce "green hydrogen energy", which is significant to the realization of the sustainable energy st... 12-07-2021 -
Novel technique enables in situ monitoring isotopic impurities in liquid helium
Helium is ideal for studies of quantum liquids and solids, with its significant advantage of being extremely pure at low temperatures—all except isotopic impurities are frozen out. However, even t... 02-06-2021 -
Spin-polarized oxygen evolution reaction under magnetic field
The sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a major cause for the low of efficiency in techniques, such as solar water splitting, rechargeable metal-air batteries, regenerative fuel... 28-05-2021 -
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Realization of ultrahigh-speed (~ 20 ns) non-volatile memory devices
The development of high-performance memory devices has played a key role in the innovation of modern electronics. It is critical to develop ultrafast and non-volatile memory devices driven by the e... 04-05-2021 -
Novel High-Pressure Network Structure of β-EuSn2As2 and its Two-Stage Reconstruction Mechanism
The layered crystal of EuSn2As2 has a Bi2Te3-type structure in rhombohedral (R-3m) symmetry and has been confirmed to be an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator at ambient conditions. Combining... 26-04-2021 -
A combinatory ferroelectric compound bridging simple ABO3 and multi-ordered perovskite
The simple ABO3 and A-site-ordered AA'3B4O12 perovskites represent two types of classical perovskite functional materials. There are well-known simple perovskites with ferroelectric properties, whi... 13-04-2021