Forced to run a labyrinth of carbon atoms uniquely arranged in twisted stacks, electrons do some rather peculiar things.

Interactions between atoms and light rule the behavior of our physical world, but at the same time, can be extremely complex.

Accurate frequency measurements of a narrow optical clock transition in 171 Yb atoms trapped in an optical lattice establish this system as a serious contender in the quest to develop increasingly ...

Physicists at UC Berkeley immobilized small clusters of cesium atoms (pink blobs) in a vertical vacuum chamber, then split each atom into a quantum state in which half of the atom was closer to a ...

The Eiffel Tower grows taller in summer due to thermal expansion. While this effect is common in most metals, it poses ...

Now, in a recent study published in Physical Review Letters, Rey and JILA and NIST Fellow James K. Thompson, along with ...

Because of this, the second layer will only cover half of the holes in the first layer. pattern shown here. Since I realize that it is difficult to pin point the actual unit cell from the lattice, let ...

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are fascinating and mysterious states of matter that have intrigued scientists for decades. First ...

Free surfaces have a structure that may differ from the bulk solid and also a different lattice spacing. · "Real" surfaces contain defects such as the ledges, kinks, vacancies and adsorbed atoms as ...

The microstructure of metallic alloys is defined by the arrangement of atoms within a lattice, with their positions and chemical composition being critical to material properties. Traditional ...

The electronic configuration of the silicon atom is: (Ne)(3s) 2 (3p) 2, and the atomic radius is 0.132 nm. Silicon has the diamond cubic crystal structure with a lattice parameter of 0.543 nm. The ...