Multiqubit Quantum State Preparation Enabled by Topology Optimization
Using topology optimization, IFIMAC-UAM and IFF-CSIC scientists have inverse-designed nanophotonic cavities enabling the preparation…
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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Diffraction
IFIMAC researchers Jaime Abad-Arredondo, Francisco J. García Vidal and Antonio I. Fernández Domínguez, together…
Directional Picoantenna Behavior of Tunnel Junctions Formed by an Atomic-scale Surface Defect
Collaboration between researchers from IMDEA Nanoscience and IFIMAC-UAM demonstrating that plasmonic picocavities, with mode…
Two Photons Everywhere, ‘Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship’
This article is part of the theme issue ‘Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the…
Unveiling the Interlayer Interaction in a 1H/1T TaS2 van der Waals Heterostructure
The effect of electronic correlations on the properties of materials is often profound. Layered…
Broad Adaptability of Coronavirus Adhesion Revealed from the Complementary Surface Affinity of Membrane and Spikes
A contribution to Advanced Science in collaboration with UAM, CSIC, Cambridge Univ. and Helsinki…
All-thermal Reversal of Heat Currents Using Qutrits
Heat going from cold to hot… is there a demon in my system? A…
Magneto-optical Particles in Isotropic Spinning Fields Mimic Magnetic Monopoles
We can routinely find examples of devices based on Coulomb forces accelerating particles under…
Thin-film cathodes for LIBs: the challenge to keep the Li stoichiometry!
Thin-film cathodes for LIBs: the challenge to keep the Li stoichiometry! You can read…
Light-induced Ferroelectric Modulation of p-n Homojunctions in Monolayer MoS
The association of 2D materials and ferroelectrics offers a promising approach to tune the…
Influence of Quadrupolar Molecular Transitions within Plasmonic Cavities
Optical nanocavities have revolutionized the manipulation of radiative properties of molecular and semiconductor emitters.…
Heat Dissipation Mechanisms in Hybrid Superconductor-semiconductor Devices
Understanding heating and cooling mechanisms in mesoscopic hybrid superconductor−semiconductor devices is crucial for their…
Quantum Circuits with Multiterminal Josephson-Andreev Junctions
One strategy to mitigate the effects of the environmental noise on qubits is to…
Tuning Photon Coherence in Single WSe2 Monolayer Quantum Dots
Emitter dephasing significantly affects the performance of solid-state single-photon sources, with acoustic phonons being…
Designing Materials that Fully Magnetize Abruptly on Cooling
Theoretical research carried out by the IFIMAC team comprising Petros Andreas Pantazopoulos, Johannes Feist,…
High Frictional Resilience of MoS2 Nanosheets to Induced Atomic Vacancies: Implications for Nanoelectromechanical Devices
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) exhibits exceptional mechanical and wear properties combined with thermal stability, which…