Researchers have succeeded in controlling the spin of a single electron merely by using electric fields. This clears the way for a much simpler realization of the building blocks of a (future) ...

Collective electron motion in condensed matter typically unfolds on a sub-femtosecond timescale. The well-defined electric field evolution of intense, phase-stable few-cycle laser pulses provides an ...

Enhanced understanding of the interfacial electric field effect in stable magnesium anodes provides important insights for ...

A layered form of graphene shows a rare semimetal state with balanced electrons and holes that becomes a topological ...

The team collaborated with a research group at the University of Cincinnati, led by Philippe Debray and Marc Cahay. Debray conceived and designed the experiments. The Ohio University researchers’ ...

Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) have definitively resolved a two-decade-long controversy regarding the direction of electron ...

We developed a new segmented type detector for scanning transmission electron microscopy. Using this detector, we show that we can directly and quantitatively image a built-in electric field at a p-n ...

A new article presents a theoretical analysis of electron spins in moving semiconductor quantum dots, showing how these can be controlled by electric fields in a way that suggests they may be usable ...

A new technique could one day provide the most precise measurement yet of the roundness of an electron, scientists say. That measurement, in turn, could help scientists test extensions of the standard ...

Long thought to be a simple speck of negative charge, the humble electron may be hiding one more surprise in its depths. The electron was the first fundamental particle discovered. It was the first to ...