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Semiconductor Spin Qubits Gain More Credibility by Surpassing the 99% Barrier for Two-Qubit Gate Fidelity

Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and TNO—have taken an important step for semiconductor spin qubits by surpassing the 99% barrier for two-qubit gate fidelity.

20 Jan 2022

Out of this World Experiment Lands in Space

A world-first – or solar system-first – archaeological project has this week begun on the International Space Station.

18 Jan 2022

Too Much Heavy Metal Stops Stars Producing

Stars are giant factories that produce most of the elements in the Universe – including the elements in us, and in the Earth’s metal deposits. But what stars produce changes over time.

12 Jan 2022

Study Finds a New Way to Manipulate Auger Recombination Process in Quantum Dots

Quantum Dot (QD) is a nanometer-sized semiconductor nanocrystal that has unique optical properties such as the ability to emit light in the range of optical frequencies depending on its size.

6 Jan 2022

Quantum-Probe Field Microscopy for Imaging Ultrafast Electric Waveforms

Microscopic electric fields govern a remarkable variety of phenomena in condensed matter and their ultrafast evolutions drive plasmonics, phononics and highspeed nanoelectronics. Access to high-frequency electric waveforms is of crucial importance to diverse disciplines in nanoscience and technology, yet, microscopic measurements are still severely limited.

5 Jan 2022

Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of the Origins of Earth’s Water

An international team of scientists may have solved a key mystery about the origins of the Earth’s water, after uncovering persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit - the Sun.

30 Dec 2021

Development of a Flexible Memory Device by Introducing Zero-Dimensional Quantum Dots

A two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterial-based flexible memory device is a critical element in the next-generation wearable market because it plays a crucial role in data storage, processing, and communication.

8 Dec 2021

New Technique Developed to Control Bonding Configuration of Heteroatoms in Graphene Quantum Dots

Graphene consists of a planar structure, with carbon atoms connected in a hexagonal shape that resembles a beehive. When graphene is reduced to several nanometers (nm) in size, it becomes a graphene quantum dot that exhibits fluorescent and semiconductor properties.

6 Dec 2021

Using the Coffee Ring Effect to Develop a New Method for Arranging Quantum Dots

If spilled coffee is not immediately wiped off, it leaves behind a stain where the edges are darker than the rest. This phenomenon is called the coffee ring effect.

25 Nov 2021

MIT Chemists Find Way to Control Unwanted Blinking in Quantum Dots

Quantum dots, discovered in the 1990s, have a wide range of applications and are perhaps best known for producing vivid colors in some high-end televisions.

23 Nov 2021