Measuring discrete quantum states of metallic nanoparticles
How do you measure the electronic properties of individual nanoparticles or molecules that are only a few nm in size? Conventional methods using electron transport spectroscopy rely on contacting a material with two contacts, a source and a drain electrode. By...
Large-scale simulations of atom dynamics
Researchers develop a new method for simulating previously unstudied complex matter An international research team has developed a highly efficient novel method for simulating the dynamics of very large systems potentially containing millions of atoms, up to 1000...
A step forward in the electrical control of spin states
The solution to an important problem in spintronics research, found by an international collaboration including researchers at the LCN, has been published in the journal Nature Communications. Spintronics is a multi-disciplinary research area that uses the quantum...