Encapsulation and Polymerisation of White Phosphorus Inside Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes
Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been used to encapsulate many types of materials since their discovery, but now other nanostructured phosphorus allotropes are attracting considerable attention as well. The white phosphorus allotrope, which consists of tetrahedral...
Evidence of topological excitations in a quantum magnet
Condensed matter physics is the study of the multitude of ways that matter can organise itself. In each phase as conventionally understood, be it a magnet, metal, superconductor or something else, it is possible to characterise the phase by looking at the system...
Serial killers of the immune system caught on microscopic CCTV
Our life hinges on an army of serial killers that attack virus-infected and cancerous cells in our body. These killers are a type of white blood cell called cytotoxic lymphocytes, which show remarkable efficiency in first perforating their victims and next injecting...