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*S. Ulstrup et al. “Spatially Resolved Electronic Properties of Single-Layer WS2 on Transition Metal Oxides.” ACS Nano, 10, 11 (2016).
J. Katoch et al. “Giant spin-splitting and gap renormalization driven by trions in single-layer WS2/h-BN heterostructures.” arXiv:1705.04866.
*S. Ulstrup et al. “Spatially Resolved Electronic Properties of Single-Layer WS2 on Transition Metal Oxides.” ACS Nano, 10, 11 (2016). J. Katoch et al. “Giant spin-splitting and gap renormalization driven by trions in single-layer WS2/h-BN heterostructures.” arXiv:1705.04866.
Elemental mapping image of Ni-Pt nanoparticles obtained by a scanning transmission electron microscope
Elemental mapping image of Ni-Pt nanoparticles obtained by a scanning transmission electron microscope
(Foreground) Mirror image materials created by stacking single-atom-thick films. (Background) Artist’s rendering of (top) right-handed and (bottom) left-handed films at the atomic scale.
(Foreground) Mirror image materials created by stacking single-atom-thick films. (Background) Artist’s rendering of (top) right-handed and (bottom) left-handed films at the atomic scale.
Mar 21, 2017
Cornell University

Through the Atomic Scale Looking Glass

In Through the Looking Glass, Alice steps through a mirror into a world in which everything is its mirror image. Realizing that writing in books is reversed, Alice wonders what has happened on the atomic scale. 
Programming molecular self-assembly of intrinsically disordered proteins
Programming molecular self-assembly of intrinsically disordered proteins
The materials genome gets hot!
The materials genome gets hot!
Mar 20, 2017
Colorado School of Mines

The materials genome gets hot!

V. Stevanovic, R. O’Hayre, A. Zakutayev REMRSEC, NSF DMR-0820518

The goal of this seed project is to bring first-principles theory closer to experimental reality.
The motion of charge carriers in ruthenates is imaged using a technique known as Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES).
The motion of charge carriers in ruthenates is imaged using a technique known as Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES).
Mar 19, 2017
Cornell University

Simple stretch “flips” the sign of charge carriers

Electricity is the flow of charged particles through a material, such as a wire — a process that resembles a river of water molecules flowing through a canyon. But are the charged particles positive or negative?
Down the rabbit hole: Sinking electrons in a Weyl sea
Down the rabbit hole: Sinking electrons in a Weyl sea
Oct 27, 2016
Princeton University

Down the rabbit hole: Sinking electrons in a Weyl sea

H. Inoue, Princeton University A. Gyenis, Princeton University Z. Wang, Princeton University J. Li, Princeton University S. Oh, Princeton University S. Jiang, Princeton University N. Ni, Princeton University B. A. Bernevig, Princeton University A. Yazdani, Princeton University Inoue, et al., Science 351, 1184 (2016)

Weyl semimetals are newly discovered topological electronic materials in which surface electrons (Fermi arcs) are topologically connected with those of the bulk. Princeton researchers have found experimental evidence that electrons can transverse the bulk through the special momentum states, called Weyl points, moving between opposing surfaces.
Single photon bound states in microwave photonic crystals
Single photon bound states in microwave photonic crystals
Oct 27, 2016
Princeton University

Single photon bound states in microwave photonic crystals

Andrew Houck, Princeton University Reference: Yanbing Liu and Andrew Houck, “Quantum Electrodynamics Near a Photonic Bandgap,” arXiv:1603.02998, submitted (2016).

Photonic crystals provide an extremely powerful toolset for manipulation of optical dispersion and density of states. Princeton researchers' recent work opens exciting prospects for engineering long-range spin models in the circuit QED architecture, and new opportunities for dissipative quantum state engineering.
Glass transition of irreversibly adsorbed nanolayers
Glass transition of irreversibly adsorbed nanolayers
Electron spin coherence of shallow donors in germanium
Electron spin coherence of shallow donors in germanium