Nanophysics is a branch of physics that focuses on the study of physical phenomena and properties of matter at the nanoscale, typically in the range of 1 to 100 nanometers. It encompasses the ...

Scientists at Penn State University, in collaboration with institutes in the US, Finland, Germany and the UK, have figured out the long-sought structure of a layer of C60 - carbon buckyballs - on a ...

Tomorrow’s computers will run on light, and gold nanoparticle chains show much promise as light conductors. Now scientists have demonstrated how tiny spots of silver could markedly reduce energy ...

Stacked layers of ultrathin semiconductor materials feature phenomena that can be exploited for novel applications. Physicists have studied effects that emerge by giving two layers a slight twist.

(Nanowerk News) Katherine Aidala, the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics at Mount Holyoke College, has won the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Early Career Award for her work ...

An international team of researchers built a highly sensitive quantum microscope and used it to directly observe, for the first time at room temperature, how electrons subtly interact with each other ...

The Department of Quantum Nanophysics is involved in the research of novel quantum-based sensors for measuring electric and magnetic fields and for materials research. To this end, atoms are used as ...