Constructing out-of-equilibrium molecular assemblies that deviate from thermodynamic equilibrium is a central challenge in ...

The two-dimensional crystal on top of the microscopically small wire. (Courtesy: Florian Dirnberger) Using a technique known as strain engineering, researchers in the US and Germany have constructed ...

Limiting quantum particles to move in one, two, or three dimensions has led to the observation of many striking phenomena. A prime example is the quantization of the Hall conductance measured in 2D ...

Orbital angular momentum of light is a fundamental optical degree of freedom characterized by unlimited number of available angular momentum states. Although this unique property has proved invaluable ...

1D bands take on electronic or magnetic properties. Courtesy: Yakobson Research Group/Rice University Researchers at Rice University in the US have proposed a new way of controlling the magnetic and ...

Physicists propose a new vantage point to observe quantum fractionalization. Rice University physicists Matthew Foster and Seth Davis want to view a vexing quantum puzzle from an entirely new ...