Turning crystal flaws into quantum highways: A new route towards scalable solid-state qubits

Building large-scale quantum technologies requires reliable ways to connect individual quantum bits (qubits) without ...
Nature

Predicting crystal growth via a unified kinetic three-dimensional partition model

The starting point in our simplification comes from a general Monte Carlo simulation applied to the growth of fats 20. In this work it was shown that the principal determinant of crystal growth was ...
Princeton University

Real Materials

· Screw Dislocations can participate in crystal growth by providing locations for atom addition that are self renewing. · A growth spiral due to a screw dislocation in Silicon Carbide are shown. The ...
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First in situ observation of partial dislocation mediated plastic flow in shocked single-crystal aluminum Fig. 1 a Incident X-ray pulse and loading laser layout for time ...

Recent experimental findings from the research team led by Prof. Jianbo Hu at the Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), revealed partial dislocation-mediated plastic ...
Nanowerk

'Screw this!' - Spiral dislocation gives 3D topological photonics a robust edge

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Rostock and Technion Haifa have created the first three-dimensional topological insulator for light. A judiciously placed screw dislocation allows ...
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A good defect? Researchers discover helicoidal screw dislocations in layered polymers

Dr. Edwin L. Thomas, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and a team of researchers from Texas A&M University and Yonsei University recently discovered a helicoidal-shaped ...