Engineers have created a device that generates incredibly tiny, earthquake-like vibrations on a microchip—and it could ...

Electron–phonon interactions underpin a diverse range of phenomena in quantum many-body systems. These interactions, whereby electrons couple with lattice vibrations (phonons), are central to ...

A multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material that conducts heat nearly three times more efficiently ...

Phonons, the quantum mechanical vibrations of atoms in solids, are often sources of noise in solid-state quantum systems, including quantum technologies, which can lead to decoherence and thus ...

Peking University, June 20, 2025: Gao Peng’s research group at the International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, has developed a breakthrough method for visualizing ...

What’s long been seen as a hindrance to electrical conduction in semiconductors may actually be an asset, at least in two-dimensional materials. The research team found that in atomically thin ...

A condition long considered to be unfavorable to electrical conduction in semiconductor materials may actually be beneficial in 2D semiconductors, according to new findings by UC Santa Barbara ...

In a recent article in Nature Materials, researchers explored a novel approach to boosting thermal transport across solid interfaces by activating hyperbolic phonon-polariton (HPhP) modes in hexagonal ...