Friday, 2 February 2018

Scientists discover 'chiral phonons' -- atomic rotations in a 2-D semiconductor crystal

A research team has found the first evidence that a shaking motion in the structure of an atomically thin material possesses a naturally occurring circular rotation that could become the building block for a new form of information technology and molecular-scale machines.

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In major materials breakthrough, team solves a nearly 200-year-old challenge in polymers

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