Browse Physics

Nanoscale engineering of multiferroic thin films enables electric control of a device’s interface magnetism, thus offering a promising prospective for ultralow power spintronics.

Magnetic interactions between atoms contribute to sliding friction.

Experiments on electron transport across single molecules show evidence of enhancement of the current at higher temperatures due to suppression of destructive quantum interference.

A new model for DNA-covered nanoparticles predicts their stable crystal structures and may one day help in finding the optimal building blocks for self-assembling materials.

Short chains of iron atoms deposited on a metal surface could be used to transmit bits of magnetic information.

Silicon nanowire sensors offer a route to improving the sensitivity and spatial resolution of magnetic resonance force microscopy.

By tracking the tiny displacements of a nanoparticle trapped in an optical tweezer, scientists are able to detect the faintest of acoustic waves.

AFM experiments suggest the long lifetime of surface nanobubbles is due to a balanced influx and outflux of gas molecules.

New STM experiments resolve the nodal structure of individual orbitals of single organic molecules.

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, can be multiply folded in a controlled way into various types of single or periodic structures with intriguing properties.

An ingenious experiment has probed the collective response of the quantum Hall stripe phase.

Simulations provide a guide to identifying atoms in high-resolution images of carbon nanomaterials.

The coupling of single spins with mechanical oscillators should lead to superior nanodevices that rely on magnetism.

A line defect that seems to naturally form in graphene grown on a nickel substrate may provide additional control of transport characteristics.

A pair of coupled nanomechanical resonators are used in a novel way to amplify a weak signal.

Trions—one electron bound to two holes via Coulomb forces—can be observed in the optical spectra of doped carbon nanotubes.

Tuning the area of the Fermi surface of graphene demonstrates the fundamental physics of electron-phonon scattering.

Spectroscopic mapping of the luminescence of aromatic single molecules reveals the spatial distribution of radiative transitions at submolecular resolution.

Theorists propose a mechanism to induce domain-wall motion in ferromagnetic nanowires that may lead to unprecedented speeds.

Observations in nanostructured gold films, impossible until now, confirm theoretical predictions about how optical energy is localized in strongly scattering disordered materials.