Vortices appear in an electron fluid
First observations of hydrodynamic electron behaviour could be exploited to make more efficient electronics
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Undulations could replace twists in 2D materials
Computational model shows that growing or stamping layers of material on an uneven surface reproduces novel electronic properties of twisted-layer technique
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Charge-transport mystery deepens in promising solar-cell materials
Large polarons may not be responsible for the favourable optoelectronic properties of lead halide perovskites after all
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Electrical resistance standard could get a revised quantum definition
Proposed definition based on the quantum anomalous Hall effect would require a less complex experimental apparatus
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Electron’s wave nature constructed in the lab at last
New work could help designers of next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices
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Strain guides the flow of excitons in 2D materials
New work could aid the development of transistor-like devices that use electrically neutral energy carriers
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New semiconductor cools computer chips
High-thermal-conductivity boron arsenide is better at removing heat than the best thermal-management devices available today
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Backward-travelling sound wave appears in a metamaterial
Simulations suggest that so-called rotons might be engineered under ambient conditions
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Direct image of an electron orbit in an exciton is a first, say researchers
Laser pulses and electron microscope used to track electrons in a 2D semiconductor
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Surface electromagnetic fields mapped in 3D at the nanoscale
Images may aid the development of nanomaterials that dissipate heat more efficiently
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