What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or alchemy, but to physicists investigating the burgeoning field of Floquet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 3D rendering of a pair of hands holding glowing bands of energy like a cat’s cradle. One of the bands fold inwards, reminiscent ...

Solution-processed semiconductor nanocrystals are also called colloidal quantum dots (QDs). While the concept of size-dependent quantum effects had been long known to physicists, a sculpture of the ...

Physicists have been trying to identify reliable strategies to manipulate quantum states in solid-state materials, cold atoms and other systems, as this could inform the development of new ...

With a flash of light, scientists have been able to control graphene's electrons, confirming a long-suspected effect in quantum materials. A new study, headed by the in collaboration with colleagues ...

The interactions between quantum spins underlie some of the universe’s most interesting phenomena, such as superconductors and magnets. However, physicists have difficulty engineering controllable ...

Motivated by the recent experimental realization of twisted transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers, Prof. Benedetta Flebus and colleagues study a simplified model driven by different forms of ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it. That possibility sits at the heart of Floquet engineering, a young area of ...