Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Knowledge obtained by these new measurements, published in Nano Letters, could be used to advanceContinue Reading
Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, in which atomic arrangements have an ordered repeating pattern, QCs display long-range atomic order that is not periodic. Due to this ‘quasiperiodic’ nature, QCs have unconventional symmetries that are absent in conventional crystals. Since theirContinue Reading
By taking two flakes of special materials that are just one atom thick and twisting them at high angles, researchers at the University of Rochester have unlocked unique optical properties that could be used in quantum computers and other quantum technologies. In a new study published in Nano Letters, theContinue Reading
An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected to provide insights that could lead to new materials at the core of quantum computing. The work, described in aContinue Reading
The compound — Ti₄MnBi₂ — becomes only the second known metallic system with confirmed one-dimensional magnetism. A study by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (UBC Blusson QMI) has found a rare form of one-dimensional quantum magnetism in the metallic compound Ti₄MnBi₂, offering evidence intoContinue Reading
Whether bismuth is part of a class of materials highly suitable for quantum computing and spintronics was a long-standing issue. Kobe University research has now revealed that the true nature of bismuth was masked by its surface, and in doing so uncovered a new phenomenon relevant to all such materials.Continue Reading
A new study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at room temperature. The work could serve as a blueprint for designing materials that allow exotic quantum states — such as superconductivity, superfluidity or superfluorescence — at high temperatures, paving the way for applicationsContinue Reading
Scientists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have developed a powerful new tool for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. The significant breakthrough means that, for the first time, researchers have found a way to determine once and for all whether a materialContinue Reading
Maksim Safaniuk/iStock via Getty Images MP Materials (NYSE:MP) -2.5% in Monday’s trading as BMO Capital initiates coverage with a Market Perform rating and $16.50 price target, believing the company will benefit from the increasing shift away from current China-dominated supply chains but the current low price environment likely will weighContinue Reading
With the second-quarter earnings season around the corner, let’s take a closer look at the materials sector, which shed 4.7% in the April-June period, underperforming the broader stock market. That compares to a 2.9% growth in the overall materials sector in the same period a year ago. According to SeekingContinue Reading
