Constructing Qubit Edge States by Inverse-Designing the Electromagnetic Environment
Building on advances in topological photonics and computational optimization, we inverse-design a periodic dielectric…
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In-Plane Dielectric Constant and Conductivity of Confined Water
Water is essential for almost every aspect of life on our planet and, unsurprisingly,…
Exploring the Energy Spectrum of a Four-Terminal Josephson Junction: Toward Topological Andreev Band Structures
Hybrid multiterminal Josephson junctions (JJs) are expected to harbor a novel class of Andreev…
Heat Transfer in Metallic Nanometre-sized Gaps
Heat transfer in nanoscale gaps is of key relevance for a variety of technologies.…
Long-Range Hyperbolic Polaritons on a Non-Hyperbolic Crystal Surface
Researchers have created a new type of light wave called a ‘hyperbolic polariton’ on…
Spatially Resolved Photon Statistics of General Nanophotonic Systems
Many quantum technologies require light sources with intrinsically quantum properties, in which the photons…
Thermoelectric Antireciprocity
Linear conductors are reciprocal: reversing the nonequilibrium forces they are coupled to (e.g., temperature…
Asymmetries of Thermal Processes in Open Quantum Systems
An intriguing phenomenon in nonequilibrium quantum thermodynamics is the asymmetry of thermal processes. Relaxation…
Phonon Interference in Single-Molecule Junctions
Wave interference allows unprecedented coherent control of various physical properties and has been widely…
Rolling vesicles: From confined rotational flows to surface-enabled motion
Friction forces are essential for cell movement, yet they also trigger numerous active cellular…
Electron Delocalization in a 2D Mott Insulator
Recent work by scientists from IFIMAC-UAM, Imdea-Nanociencia, University of Calabria and UAM, published in…
New Publication in Optica Quantum About High-dimensional Encoding with Vacuum and Single Photons
Recent work on high-dimensional photonic entanglement in Optica Quantum. This study demonstrates the generation…
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Radiative Heat Transfer Optimization Problems
Reinforcement learning is a subfield of machine learning that is having a huge impact…
Hydrogen Production and Li-Ion Battery Performance with MoS2-SiNWs-SWNTs@ZnONPs Nanocomposites
This study explores the hydrogen generation potential via water-splitting reactions under UV-vis radiation by…
Magnetic Field Screening of 2D Materials Revealed by Magnetic Force Microscopy
2D materials possess exceptional mechanical properties making them promising candidates for protecting nanostructures. However,…
Electron Delocalization in a 2D Mott Insulator
The prominent role of electron-electron interactions in two-dimensional (2D) materials versus three dimensional (3D)…