In the study, a team of researchers describe what they believe to be the first measurement showing direct interaction between electrons spinning in a 2D material and photons coming from microwave ...

A research team led by Prof. Jiong Zhao, Associate Professor of the PolyU Department of Applied Physics, has revealed the critical mechanisms for synthesis and applications of materials through atomic ...

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms would cling too tightly to copper to form borophene, a flexible, metallic ...

As the world races to decarbonize, clean energy storage is becoming the central challenge. Lithium-ion batteries, the current workhorse of electric vehicles and renewable storage, are reaching their ...

(Nanowerk News) For two decades, physicists have tried to directly manipulate the spin of electrons in 2D materials like graphene. Doing so could spark key advances in the burgeoning world of 2D ...