UC Riverside research invokes quantum mechanical processes that occur when two atomically thin materials are stacked together

A new device could open new avenues for the generation of high-frequency radiation with applications in science, radar, communications, security, and medical imaging

Advance could eventually spawn new states of matter

A sea of spinning electrons

A precise new way to study materials shows this ‘electron-phonon coupling’ can be far stronger than predicted, and could potentially play a role in unconventional superconductivity

The team's findings should help inform future experiments involving high-intensity lasers

Scientists designing polymers that can bridge the biological and electronic divide must deal with incompatible messaging styles

Researchers working at the Ultrafast Laser Lab at the University of Kansas successfully created the material by combining atomically thin layers of molybdenum disulfide and rhenium disulfide

PPPL physicists report that they created the phenomenon in a laboratory setting where they could measure it directly and confirm its existence on the electron scale

By observing the change in the behavior of these electrons, scientists may be able to gain an enriched understanding of material behavior