"The most exciting achievement of our study was developing the first practical application of viscous electron flow, a concept previously seen as purely theoretical," said Bandurin.

Physicists have directly measured, for the first time at nanometer resolution, the fluid-like flow of electrons in graphene. The results have applications in developing new, low-resistance ...

In their simulations of 2D semiconductors with strong electron-phonon interactions, the researchers found that when treating both the charge and heat carriers as part of the same system, the ...

Researchers at MIT have observed “electron whirlpools” for the first time. The bizarre behavior arises when electricity flows as a fluid, which could make for more efficient electronics.

This novel liquid will flow inside the metal exactly in the same way as water flows in a pipe." By confirming the predictions of theoreticians, the experimental physicist Tafti—working with his Boston ...

CNBs are ring-shaped carbon molecules that resemble short segments of carbon nanotubes. Most previously reported CNBs consist of benzene rings arranged in a way that restricts electron flow to ...

Recent research suggested that hydrodynamic electron flow in 3D conductors was possible, but exactly how it happened or how to observe it remained unknown. Until now.

A team of researchers from Harvard and MIT developed a theory to explain how hydrodynamic electron flow could occur in 3D materials and observed it for the first time using a new imaging technique.

Coulomb blockade is a phenomenon that restricts electron flow in nanostructures like quantum dots, enabling single-electron control for low-power electronics, quantum computing, and sensors.

They’ve essentially toggled the electron highway signs with an external magnetic field. This elegant control over band asymmetry might lead to low-power, high-speed data storage based on ...