Category: 4. Physics

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  • On-chip single-crystal plasmonic optoelectronics for efficient hot carrier collection and photovoltage detection

    On-chip single-crystal plasmonic optoelectronics for efficient hot carrier collection and photovoltage detection

  • Zhu, Y. X. et al. Molecular scale nanophotonics: hot carriers, strong coupling, and electrically driven plasmonic processes. Nanophotonics 13, 2281–2322 (2024).

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  • Topological microwave isolator with >100-dB isolation

    Topological microwave isolator with >100-dB isolation

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  • Conversion between charge and spin: chiral organic solids versus inorganic crystals

    Conversion between charge and spin: chiral organic solids versus inorganic crystals

    Spin-charge conversion can be phenomenologically expressed as the material’s linear response to an external stimulus,

    $${S}_{u}={Q}_{uv}{j}_{v},$$

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    $${j}_{u}={R}_{uv}{S}_{v},$$

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  • What if Your Refrigerator Was Twice As Efficient and Completely Silent?

    What if Your Refrigerator Was Twice As Efficient and Completely Silent?

    Researchers at APL have developed new materials called CHESS that significantly improve the efficiency of thermoelectric cooling devices. Their breakthrough nearly doubles the performance of traditional materials at room temperature,…

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  • Engineers Bring Quantum Internet to Commercial Fiber for the First Time

    Engineers Bring Quantum Internet to Commercial Fiber for the First Time

    A Penn team has shown that quantum signals can ride alongside everyday internet traffic on commercial fiber. Their “Q-chip” experiment marks a step toward a scalable quantum internet with world-changing potential. Credit:…

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  • Google’s Quantum AI Unlocks a Strange New Phase of Matter

    Google’s Quantum AI Unlocks a Strange New Phase of Matter

    Scientists have used a quantum computer to observe a never-before-seen phase of matter, opening the door to discoveries that reach beyond the limits of conventional physics. Credit: Stock

    An exotic phase of matter has been realized on…

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  • Interstitial oxygen order and its competition with superconductivity in La2PrNi2O7+δ

    Interstitial oxygen order and its competition with superconductivity in La2PrNi2O7+δ

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  • Salt turns ice into a powerful flexoelectric material

    Salt turns ice into a powerful flexoelectric material

    Salt turns ice into a powerful flexoelectric material

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  • Streaming flexoelectricity in saline ice

    Streaming flexoelectricity in saline ice

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