Browse Physics

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

A two-dimensional trap takes advantage of the magnetic domain walls in a narrow wire to guide the thermal motion of magnetic particles.

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

Greater control of how a molecular wire is lifted off a metal surface offers a new tool for manipulating nanodevices.

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.

A proposed system for measuring tiny masses could be several times more sensitive than others because it avoids electrical connections, using laser techniques instead.

The stiffness of a single gold atom–measured as a material property–is at least twice that of a macroscopic chunk of gold, according to measurements of a sharp gold point pressed against a gold surface.

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.

In transistor circuits, preventing logical errors with physical fault tolerance is more efficient than correcting errors with a fault-tolerant architecture.

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.

Mapping out the force between two molecules offers a way to test out a new, high-resolution force microscopy technique.

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

A switch made from a molecule and an atom can be reliably turned on and off many times, and its inventors recorded its motion in great detail. It could be used in future nanoscale circuits.

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

New measurements of silicon nanostructures cast doubt on the possibility that they support a giant piezoresistive effect.

A proposed nanoscale device that mediates interactions between qubits and light may become a building block for quantum information applications.

Understanding the role of interface effects will be essential for designing thin-film ferroelectrics on semiconductors.