Researchers in China and Singapore say they have made the first ever 3D photonic topological insulator using a stack of thin plastic sheets embedded with metal nanoantennas. The insulator works at ...

Researchers have discovered quantum oscillations of electrical resistivity in an insulator for the first time. The new discovery, made in the mixed valence Kondo insulator ytterbium dodecaboride, is ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Cornell have discovered an unusual phenomenon in a metal-insulating material, providing valuable insights for the design of materials with new properties by way of ...

Basically speaking, metals conduct electricity and insulators don’t. On the molecular level, that comes down to how freely electrons can move through the materials – in metals, electrons are very ...

A team of US researchers has unveiled a device that can conduct electricity along its fractionally charged edges without ...

Researchers at Cornell University identified an uncommon event in a metal-insulating material, offering vital insights for creating materials with novel features through rapid transition between ...

The researchers found the key to their theory is an unexpected collection of particles called bipolarons that form when electronic charge is added to the material. Credit: Mitrović Lab The researchers ...

The mirror-like physics of the superconductor-insulator transition operates exactly as expected. Scientists know this to be true following the observation of a remarkable phenomenon, the existence of ...

(Nanowerk News) The world on the other side of Alice in Wonderland’s looking-glass is not what it seems, but the mirror-like physics of the superconductor-insulator transition operates exactly as ...